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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 II

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    A Hardback by Statius, D. R. Shackleton Bailey

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 17 February 2004
      ISBN-13 9780674012097
      978-0674012097
      ISBN-10 0674012097

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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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