266 GENERAL INDEX
(simile(s))
counterfactual: 100–2
in Statius’ Thebaid: 94, 100–2, 103,
107
the same context as material for a:
100–2
solacium: see under consolatio
Sophocles
allusions in Thebaid to:
Antigone: 116–8
Oedipus at Colonus: 112–4
Oedipus Tyrannus: 218–9
timing of events in Thebes: 112–3,
215
(see also Euripides, Jocasta, Oedi-
pus, Seneca and Statius’
Thebaid)
sphragis (seal poem): 164–6
Statius:
Achilleid
Achilles as child-hero: 204–5,
208, 210
(see also dust and puer)
Silvae
allusions to the Silvae them-
selves: 168–9
allusions to writing: 29, 41, 172
avoidance of: 29, 30, 154
in 4.7: 29
in 4.9: 29–30
and Catullus: 29–30, 33
and Frontinus: 42
and Homer: 149
and Horace: 146, 155, 166–71
and Ovid: 30, 32, 146
and Virgil: 148, 149, 156, 165–
6, 167
apostrophe: 145, 147, 148, 149,
151, 153–4, 160, 163, 171
as indication of poetic
speech: 145, 148, 159
autobiographic elements in: 143,
149, 155, 162–3, 164, 167,
169, 170, 172, 173 (see also
self-presentation)
consolatio: 157–61
culture of the senses: 31
Ecus Maximus Domitiani Im-
peratoris: 71–83, 144–6 (see
also under Ecus Maximus)
as a claim to heaven: 82–3
as mockery: 79
encomium: 39
epicedia: 32–6
absence of epitaphs: 32–6
consolatio: 34, 36
immortality of: 35–6
innate qualities of the topic:
32, 34–5
“epic authority”: 38
Epitrapezios: 31–2
fast composition of: 30, 78–9
imitation of: 48–51
inscriptions in: 30–43
absence compensated by the
poetry itself: 32, 34–6, 39
adherence to epigraphic
chronology: 38
allusion to: 37, 41
silence about: 30–3, 43
invocation of inspiring deities:
adaption of deities to the
theme: 147, 151, 162, 171
metre: 31
mythological spokespersons: 39,
41–2, 146, 148–9, 153, 160–
1, 163, 173
otium: 165–6, 167, 169, 173
parrot: 32–3
personae of the poet: see under
self-presentation
Phaethon: 187 (see also under
Statius’ Thebaid)
Philetus: 208
propempticon: 155–7
reception by Poliziano: 45–9
reception in the Netherlands:
50–64
recusatio: 153
Rutilius Gallicus: 36–8, 58,
151–3
self-presentation in: 143–74
amicus: 150–61, 162–4, 167,
172, 173–4
as a (epic) poet (uates): 145–
6, 148, 149, 152–4, 155,
157, 162, 165, 167–9,
170, 173–4
ceremonial role: 144, 147,
149, 150, 153–4, 160,
163, 171, 173
client: 152, 155