GENERAL INDEX
Michiel van der Keurallusion
in Euripides’ Phoinissai:
to Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyran-
nus: 227–8, 237
in Statius’ Silvae:
to Horace’s satires: 171
to the Silvae themselves: 168–9
to Virgil’s Georgics: 156, 167
(see also Statius’ Silvae)
in Statius’ Thebaid:
to Euripides’ Phoenician
Women (Phoinissai): 111–2,
127–8, 235, 237
to Euripides’ Suppliant Women:
111, 114, 119–20, 121
to Seneca’s Oedipus: 235
to Seneca’s Phoenissae: 235
to Sophocles’ Antigone: 116–8
to Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colo-
nus: 112–4, 126–8
to Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyran-
nus: 235
to Virgil’s Aeneid: 233
(see also Sophocles, Statius’ The-
baid)
Altar of Mercy (ara Clementiae): 120
amicitia: see under Statius’ Silvae:
self-presentation: amicus
anachronisms in battle narrative: 103–
7
Apollodorus of Damascus: 80
Arch of Titus: 68
Antigone: see under Statius’ Thebaid:
Argia
apostrophe: see under Statius’ Silvae
Argia: see under Statius’ Thebaid
aristeia
of Agylleus and Actor: 94
of Amphiaraus: 89–90
of Argia: 115
of Diomedes: 89–90
of Parthenopaeus: 202
of Thiodamas: 93–4
of Turnus: 87–8
Athens
as a refuge for suppliants: 121, 123
as a model for Rome: 123–6, 128
similarities between Athens and
Rome: 124–6
Athenian patriotic oratory in Sta-
tius’ Thebaid: 122–3
auctor(itas) in literature: 183
Barth, Caspar von:
criticism on his works: 3, 5–6
his commentary on Statius: 3–9
characteristics: 3
reception: 7–9
time of writing: 4–5
relationship with Daum: 3, 5–6
relationship with Reinesius: 5–6
(see also Daum, Dübner, Grono-
vius, Reinesius, Veenhusen)
battle narrative: 85–109
difficulty of narrating: 85
fading in and out: 98–9
from different perspectives: 94
in Homer: 85, 88, 94–5
in Lucan: 91–2
in Silius: 92
in Statius’ Thebaid: 85–109
in Virgil: 87–8, 94–6
maintaining interest in: 86–7
motif of parent left behind: 99
outbreak of fighting: 87–9
(see also Homer, Statius’ Thebaid,
Virgil)
Bernaert, Johan: 51–2
on Statius: 51–2