Silvae
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Silvae is a collection of occasional poems by the Roman poet Statius, notable for its vivid portrayal of Flavian Rome and its blend of public praise with personal reflection.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silvae canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Silvae Context triple: [Silver Age of Latin literature, hasNotableWork, Silvae]
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Eclogues
Eclogues is a collection of ten pastoral poems by the Roman poet Virgil that idealize rural life and helped shape the Western pastoral literary tradition.
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Georgics
Georgics is a didactic poem by the Roman poet Virgil that offers instruction on agriculture while reflecting on rural life, labor, and the relationship between humans and nature.
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Ovid's Fasti
Ovid's Fasti is a Latin elegiac poem that presents a poetic calendar of the Roman year, recounting festivals, myths, and religious customs associated with each day and month.
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The Arcadian Shepherds
The Arcadian Shepherds is a renowned 17th-century pastoral painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through the image of shepherds contemplating a tomb inscribed with the phrase "Et in Arcadia ego."
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E.
Imitations of Horace
Imitations of Horace is a series of poetic adaptations by Alexander Pope that recast the Roman poet Horace’s satires and epistles into the social and political context of 18th-century England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Silvae Target entity description: Silvae is a collection of occasional poems by the Roman poet Statius, notable for its vivid portrayal of Flavian Rome and its blend of public praise with personal reflection.
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A.
Eclogues
Eclogues is a collection of ten pastoral poems by the Roman poet Virgil that idealize rural life and helped shape the Western pastoral literary tradition.
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B.
Georgics
Georgics is a didactic poem by the Roman poet Virgil that offers instruction on agriculture while reflecting on rural life, labor, and the relationship between humans and nature.
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C.
Ovid's Fasti
Ovid's Fasti is a Latin elegiac poem that presents a poetic calendar of the Roman year, recounting festivals, myths, and religious customs associated with each day and month.
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D.
The Arcadian Shepherds
The Arcadian Shepherds is a renowned 17th-century pastoral painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through the image of shepherds contemplating a tomb inscribed with the phrase "Et in Arcadia ego."
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E.
Imitations of Horace
Imitations of Horace is a series of poetic adaptations by Alexander Pope that recast the Roman poet Horace’s satires and epistles into the social and political context of 18th-century England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literature work
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| alternateInterpretationOfTitle | improvised pieces ⓘ |
| approximateDate | late 1st century CE ⓘ |
| author | Statius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPoemAddressedTo |
Domitian
NERFINISHED
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Flavius Sabinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Vibius Maximus NERFINISHED ⓘ friends and patrons of Statius ⓘ |
| containsTheme |
art and architecture
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domestic life ⓘ friendship ⓘ imperial praise ⓘ patronage ⓘ personal grief ⓘ |
| containsWorkType |
consolation poem
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epithalamium ⓘ funerary poem ⓘ panegyric ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Stella (Lucius Arruntius Stella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Flavian Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | occasional poetry ⓘ |
| hasModernEditions | critical editions with commentary ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Silvae Book I
NERFINISHED
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Silvae Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ Silvae Book III NERFINISHED ⓘ Silvae Book IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Silvae Book V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | reign of Domitian ⓘ |
| influenced |
Neo-Latin poetry
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Renaissance humanist poets ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
lyric poetry
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occasional verse ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Flavian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter |
dactylic hexameter
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various lyric meters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of public praise with personal reflection
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vivid portrayal of Flavian Rome ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 5 ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Statius ⓘ |
| studiedIn | classical philology ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarship on Flavian culture ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | woods ⓘ |
| transmission | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
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