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Greek literary education and Roman political reality are evident in the poetry of Statius. His Silvae are thirty-two occasional poems. His masterpiece, the epic Thebaid, recounts the struggle for kingship between the two sons of Oedipus. The extant portion of his Achilleid begins an account of Achilles’ life.

Thebaid Volume I

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    A Hardback by Statius, D. R. Shackleton Bailey

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 17/02/2004
      ISBN13: 9780674012080, 978-0674012080
      ISBN10: 0674012089
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      Book Synopsis
      Greek literary education and Roman political reality are evident in the poetry of Statius. His Silvae are thirty-two occasional poems. His masterpiece, the epic Thebaid, recounts the struggle for kingship between the two sons of Oedipus. The extant portion of his Achilleid begins an account of Achilles’ life.

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