The Poetry of Statius

148 RUURD R. NAUTA Saturn with the Saturnalia now celebrated by Domitian (39–42). And also similarly to what happens in 1.1, the ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 149 Statius elaborately stages himself; in paraphrase: “But whom do I behold down the road at Cumae? Do my ...

150 RUURD R. NAUTA in the text of the poem itself (7).^22 Because Statius was neither a sena- tor nor (presumably) a knight, the ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 151 but in the non-imperial poems he could use a far greater variety of situations in which he and his add ...

152 RUURD R. NAUTA luce mihi, quis nocte timor, dum postibus haerens adsiduus nunc aure uigil, nunc lumine cuncta aucupor Amid s ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 153 ing his identity as a poet, here stressing, in the tradition of the so- called recusatio, that he writ ...

154 RUURD R. NAUTA After further apostrophe to Stella, reassuring and encouraging him, Statius takes up a position in the house ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 155 and Violentilla a Neapolitan like him. The reference to his birthplace introduces an autobiographical ...

156 RUURD R. NAUTA not have shared in them, and compares himself in this imaginary role to Phoenix, Achilles’ old teacher (94–9) ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 157 rives bringing precisely this appointment. This allows Statius to play on the double meaning of uates ...

158 RUURD R. NAUTA 2.7 consoles Argentaria Polla, the widow of Lucan, in the context of a celebration of the recurrence of her f ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 159 the writing of a consolation is that Etruscus deserved it by his pietas.^43 This is also formulated in ...

160 RUURD R. NAUTA of his addressee, but also to get the better of his own emotions, in order to be able to begin.^48 Of course, ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 161 ing the Muse Calliope as a mythological spokesperson), and although he also consoles Polla, he does no ...

162 RUURD R. NAUTA calls his impressions, and conflates his astonished straying through the building then with his bewilderment ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 163 here Statius begins with an introduction in which he explains the background to his visit: after succe ...

164 RUURD R. NAUTA visit),^60 but he now adds that he could also have found relaxation and cool air at his own country house at ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 165 information about the poet and his patria by way of conclusion to the collection—the assumption is tha ...

166 RUURD R. NAUTA stating that he is fessus, “weary” (12), and by relating how he has recently been near-fatally ill (37–42). M ...

STATIUS IN THE SILVAE 167 Campania to Rome, to find Marcellus, to render him the customary salutation (10 salutem), and to addre ...