The First Book of Statius, His Thebais. Translated [Into English Verse. with the Latin Text]. Vol. II. a New Edition. - Softcover

Statius, Professor Publius Papinius; Wakefield, Gilbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1241104999 ISBN 13: 9781241104993

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011

Synopsis

Title: The first book of Statius, his Thebais. Translated [into English verse. With the Latin text].

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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About this title

About the Author

Publius Papinius Statius (circa 45-96 A.D) was born in Naples. He was a prize-winning poet who won the poetry prize at the Augustalia and three times at the Alban Games. His reputation remained high until well into the Middle Ages. He featured both in Chaucer's House of Fame (as 'Stace') and in Dante's Divine Comedy, where he is called 'il dolce poeta'.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1241104999
• ISBN 13: 9781241104993
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480