262 GENERAL INDEX
canonisation: 178–9, 184
carmina epigraphica: 19
civil war:
moral restrictions to celebrate tri-
umphs for victories in: 68
Flavian rule as the end of: 68–9, 73
(see also Domitian, peace, propa-
ganda)
consolatio: 157–61
Daum, Christian: 3–6, 9
early reference to Barth’s Statius: 5
on Gronovius’ Statius: 2–3, 5–6
publication of Barth’s Statius: 3, 9
(see also Barth, Reinesius)
deification
future ~ of the emperor: 185ff.
of predecessors: 176
as self-promotion: 176–7
as rite of succession: 176–7,
179, 183–4
of Virgil: 176–7, 183–4
divine council: 130
Domitian
and Jupiter: 141
and Theseus: 128
and Titus: 192–3
beautified by the dust of war: 202–
3
compared to Julius Caesar: 72–4,
80–2
succession and legitimacy: 181–2,
184, 192–3
(see also under Statius’ Thebaid)
Dousa, Janus: 51
and Statius: 51
Sylvae: 51
Dübner, Friedrich:
on Gronovius’ Thebaid: 14
on the publication of Barth’s Sta-
tius: 8–9
(see also Barth, Gronovius)
dust:
as aesthetic enhancement: 195, 199-
200, 201–3, 204, 207–8
of Domitian: 202–3
as heroic and ennobling element:
205
as ideal setting of glory for the
child-hero: 200
(with sweat) as mark of battle: 195–
6, 199
in epic: 195–6, 199
soiling beauty: 197, 199
(see also puer and sweat)
Ecus Maximus Domitiani Imperatoris:
71–83
and the Colossus of Nero: 78, 80
appearance: 72
as a modest work of art: 74, 78
direction: 73, 77–8
dominating presence: 74, 83
Domitian vs. Julius Caesar: 72–4,
80–2
location: 74–7
image of imperial military domina-
tion: 72, 74
image of peace: 72–3, 82
size: 78–80
visibility: 76–7, 78–80
(see also under Statius’ Silvae and
civil war, peace)
elegy:
epigraphic “quotation” in: 23
elogium: 19
encomium: 39, 185–9
Ennius
anachronisms in battle narrative:
103
ephebi: see puer
epicedia in the Silvae: 32–6
epigraphy: see inscriptions
epitaphs:
as a means of self-representation (in
poetry): 23
in Lucan: 23
in Ovid
Heroides: 24, 25–6
Amores: 26
in Petronius: 20–2
in Statius (absence of:): 32
in Virgil: 24–5
for pets: 26
opposed to literature: 35–6
‘ruined tomb’–theme: 35
(see also inscriptions)
equus maximus: see ecus maximus
Erasmus
and Statius: 50