Statius (Mozley 1928) v1

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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY

EDITED BY

T. E. PAGE, Litt. D.

E. CAPPS, Ph. D., LL. D. W. H. D. ROUSE, Litt. D.

STATIUS

I

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STATIUS

WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
J. H. MOZLEY, M.A.

SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF KING’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
LECTURER IN CLASSICS AT EAST LONDON COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON


IN TWO VOLUMES

I


SILVAE • THEBAID I–IV



LONDON : WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD

NEW YORK : G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS.

MCMXXVIII

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Printed in Great Britain.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I


PAGE
Introduction vii
SILVAE
Book I—
Statius to his friend Stella 2
i. The statue of Domitian 6
ii. Epithalamium in honour of Stella and Violentilla 14
iii. The villa of Manlius Vopiscus 38
iv. To Rutilius Gallicus 46
v. The baths of Claudius Etruscus 58
vi. The Kalends of December 64
Book II—
Statius to his friend Melior 72
i. Glaucias 76
ii. The villa of Pollius Felix 94
iii. The tree of Atedius Melior 106
iv. Melior’s parrot 112
v. The tame lion 116
vi. To Flavius Ursus 118
vii. To Polla on Lucan’s birthday 128
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Book III— PAGE
Statius to his friend Pollius 138
i. The temple of Hercules at Surrentum 140
ii. To Maecius Celer 154
iii. To Claudius Etruscus 166
iv. The tresses of Flavius Earinus 184
v. To his wife Claudia 192
Book IV—
Statius to his friend Marcellus 202
i. The seventeenth consulship of Domitian 206
ii. To the Emperor Domitian 210
iii. The Domitian Road 216
iv. To Vitorius Marcellus 228
v. To Septimius Severus 236
vi. The Hercules statuette 242
vii. To Vibius Maximus 250
viii. To Julius Menecrates 256
ix. To Plotius Grypus 260
Book V—
Statius to his friend Abascantus 266
i. On the death of Priscilla 268
ii. The praises of Crispinus 288
iii. A lament for his father 302
iv. To Sleep 328
v. A lament for his adopted son 330
Fragment of a Poem on the German War 336
THEBAID
Book I. 340
Book II. 394
Book III. 450
Book IV. 506
Map at beginning of volume

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