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Silvae

The Silvae (; lit. 'forests' or 'materials') is a collection of Latin occasional poetry in hexameters, hendecasyllables, and lyric meters by Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45 – c. 96 CE). There are 32 poems in the collection, divided into five books. Each book contains a prose preface which introduces and dedicates the book. The subjects of the poetry are…

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Composition

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Rediscovery

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Silvae

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Silvae

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related to Rediscovery · 27
Silvae → After, An, Another, Biblioteca Nacional, Bracciolini, Bracciolini's, Constance, Council, España, Florence, Germany, II, It, Italy, Laurentian Library, Lucan, Madrid, Marcus Manilius, Modern, Ovidii Metamorfoseon Sili
related to Poetic models · 24
Silvae → Aeneid, Alexandrian Pleiad, As, Callimachus, Catullus, Elegiae, Finally, Greek, Horace, Latin, Laus Pisonis, Lucan's, Maecenatem, On, Ovid, Pan, Pindar, Pindaric, Several, Statius
related to Influence · 21
Silvae → Angelo Poliziano, Claudian, Domizio Calderini, Hugo Grotius, In, John Dryden, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Leiden, Nemesianus, Netherlands, Panegyrical, Poliziano, Poliziano's, Quintilian's, Renaissance, Statian, Statius, Sylvae, The, To
related to Bibliography · 18
Silvae → Betty The Silvae, Bloomington, Book II, Cambridge, Coleman, Dam, Gibson, Leiden, Loeb Classical Library, Mozley, Nagle, Oxford, Shackleton-Bailey, Slater, Statius, Statius Silvae IV, Statius' Silvae, The Silvae
related to Book 5 · 17
Silvae → Abascantius, Consolation, Death, Domitian, Elysium, Epicedion, Flavius Abascantus, Fortuna, Her, Invidia, Priscilla, Priscilla's, Priscillam Abascanti Uxorem, Statius, Statius' Silvae, The, This
related to Composition · 14
Silvae → Almost, Book, CE, Each, He, In Latin, Lucan, Martial, Silva, Statius, The, The Silvae, Thebaid, This
related to Book 3 · 10
Silvae → Hercules, Hercules Surrentinus Polli Felicis, Naples, Pollius, Pollius Felix, Statius, Surrentum, The, The Hercules, This
related to The Silvae and their context · 7
Silvae → Carole Newlands, Domitian, Domitian's, Others, Roman, Statius, The
related to Critical responses to the Silvae · 4
Silvae → Domitian, Like, Statius, Thebaid
related to External links · 4
Silvae → Latin Library, The, WikisourceText, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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statius poet poem statius' describes book poetry collection domitian praise poems death ad domitian's father description ends wife composition hendecasyllables

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Martialinstance ofEach book is datable by a comparison of the careers of the individual poems' addressees and references in other authors0.80text
the Laus Pisonisinstance ofbut can still be seen in works0.80text
the Elegiae in Maecenateminstance ofbut can still be seen in works0.80text
epithalamiuminstance ofHe also uses some standard types of rhetorical composition as noted by Menander Rhetor0.80text
propempticoninstance ofHe also uses some standard types of rhetorical composition as noted by Menander Rhetor0.80text
and genethliaconinstance ofHe also uses some standard types of rhetorical composition as noted by Menander Rhetor0.80text
Silvaerelated to BibliographyColeman0.60section
Silvaerelated to BibliographyStatius Silvae IV0.60section
Silvaerelated to BibliographyOxford0.60section
Silvaerelated to BibliographyGibson0.60section
Silvaerelated to BibliographyStatius0.60section
Silvaerelated to BibliographyDam0.60section

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