GENERAL INDEX 265
peace
as a theme of Flavian propaganda:
67–8, 71–3, 76–7, 82
Roman interpretation of: 67
in literature: 67–8
Petronius
epigraphic ‘quotation’ in: 20–2
Phaethon: 186–92
as model of the bad ruler: 187, 189
as usurper: 190–2
associated with an invitation to
modesty: 188–9
Lucretius on: 191
Poliziano, Angelo
and Statius: 45–8
contribution to the reception of
Statius: 46–50
influence on the reception of the
Silvae: 49–50
elegy of: 47–8
notes on Statius of: 53–4
Silvae of: 48–9
reception of: 49–50
Sylva in scabiem: 47–8
propaganda (architectural)
around the upper Via Sacra: 65–6
of the Flavians: 65–8, 70–83
peace as a theme of: 67–8, 71–3,
76–7, 82
public vs. private luxury: 66
of the Julio-Claudians: 69–70, 82
on the Forum Romanum: 69–83
on the imperial Fora: 67, 70–1
propempticon: 155–7
public writing in the Roman world: 19
puer (delicatus) in epic: 195–214
beauty combined with virility: 204–
5, 208
contrast between luxury and belli-
cose pride: 197
contrast / confusion of puer’s pure
world (game) and realism of
war: 198–9, 200, 202, 203–4,
210–2
dust and sweat enhance charm: 195,
199, 201–2, 204, 207
erotic elements: 201–2, 206–7
in Ovid’s Heroides: 207–8
indistinct sex: 195, 205, 213
lightheartedness: 211, 213
out of place on the battlefield: 198,
214
water and pueri: 206–7, 208–14
as setting of love / seduction:
206–7, 213
as setting of the puer’s carefree
happiness: 210, 213–4
as setting of training: 210
participating in the horror of
war: 212
(see also dust and sweat)
pulvis belli: see dust and puer
Quintilian
description of a silva: 46–7
recusatio: 153, 184
Reinesius, Thomas: 2–6
relationship with Barth: 5
(see also Barth, Daum, Gronovius)
Scaliger, Julius Caesar: 53
influence on the reception of Statius
in the Netherlands: 52–6
on silva: 50
Poetics: 50
Scriverius, Petrus: 54–5
and Statius: 55
and Gevartius: 55
and Gronovius: 55
Secundus, Grudius
Sylvae: 51
Secundus, Janus
and Statius: 50–1
Silvae: 51
Seneca:
and Euripides: 222, 224, 228, 230–
1
and Sophocles: 225, 228–9, 231
Jocasta’s death similar to Agrip-
pina’s: 230
(see also Jocasta, Oedipus, Statius’
Thebaid)
Silius Italicus:
individual combat in: 92
and Homer: 92
Podetus: 214
silva(e): 45–7, 48–51
simile(s):
as a device of intensification: 102,
107