1559 STATIUS Rome Mythology Achilles Thebaid Silva influenced Chaucer & Dante

1559 STATIUS Rome Mythology Achilles Thebaid Silva influenced Chaucer & Dante

 

Papinius Statius was a 1^st-century Roman poet remembered for his epic poems ‘Thebaid’, ‘Silvae’ and ‘Achilleid’. These works tell famous stories of mythology and iconic heroes – namely Oedipus and Achilles. These poems were known to have had significant influence on Juvenal as well as into the 12^th-century on Chaucer, Dante, and Boccaccio as well as Dryden and Grotius in the Renaissance.

 

This 1559 edition is incredibly rare! It was published in Lyon by Sebastien Gryphe and includes each of the three expected works of Statius.

 

Item number: #25010

Price: $750

 

STATIUS, Publius Papinius

 

Statii Papinii neapolitani Syluarum libri V ; Thebaidos lib. XII ; Achilleidos lib. II

 

Lugduni [Lyon]: Sebastien Gryphius, 1559.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 524
• References: USTC 152756
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~5in X 3.25in (12.5cm x 8cm)

 

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