Statius
E583977
Statius was a prominent Roman poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, best known for his epic "Thebaid" and his collection of occasional poems, the "Silvae."
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Silver Age Latin author
ⓘ
ancient Roman poet ⓘ epic poet ⓘ |
| activeIn | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dante's Purgatorio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Flavian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Campania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathPlace | probably Naples ⓘ |
| dedicatedWorksTo | Roman aristocratic patrons ⓘ |
| education | trained in rhetoric and poetry ⓘ |
| era | Flavian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Papinius Statius the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| genre |
epic poetry
ⓘ
occasional poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dante Alighieri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Giovanni Boccaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Latin epic tradition ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ovid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | court poetry for the Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
| language | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
allusion to earlier Latin poets
ⓘ
elaborate mythological description ⓘ panegyric ⓘ |
| movement | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Publius Papinius Statius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Achilleid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Silvae NERFINISHED ⓘ Thebaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | poetry contests at Rome ⓘ |
| patron | Emperor Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | Christian convert in Dante's Divine Comedy ⓘ |
| styleCharacterizedAs | ornate and rhetorical ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
classical philology scholarship
ⓘ
commentaries on the Silvae ⓘ textual criticism of the Thebaid ⓘ |
| won | poetic crowns in competitions ⓘ |
| workCount |
12 books of the Thebaid
ⓘ
5 books of the Silvae ⓘ |
| workStatus | Achilleid unfinished ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Achilles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oedipus myth cycle ⓘ myth of the Seven against Thebes ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.