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OXFORD CLASSICAL MONOGRAPHS PublishedunderthesupervisionofaCommitteeofthe FacultyofClassicsintheUniversityofOxford TheaimoftheOxfordClassicalMonographseries(whichreplacesthe Oxford Classical and Philosophical Monographs) is to publish books basedonthebestthesesonGreekandLatinliterature,ancienthistory, andancientphilosophyexaminedbytheFacultyBoardofClassics. STATIUS 5 SILVAE edited with an introduction translation, and commentary by BRUCE GIBSON 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dp OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwidein OxfordNewYork Auckland CapeTown DaresSalaam HongKong Karachi KualaLumpur Madrid Melbourne MexicoCity Nairobi NewDelhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto WithoYcesin Argentina Austria Brazil Chile CzechRepublic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore SouthKorea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPress intheUKandincertainothercountries PublishedintheUnitedStates byOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork (cid:1)BruceGibson2006 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted DatabaserightOxfordUniversityPress(maker) Firstpublished2006 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans, withoutthepriorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress, orasexpresslypermittedbylaw,orundertermsagreedwiththeappropriate reprographicsrightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproduction outsidethescopeoftheaboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment, OxfordUniversityPress,attheaddressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisbookinanyotherbindingorcover andyoumustimposethesameconditiononanyacquirer BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable TypesetbySPIPublisherServices,Pondicherry,India PrintedinGreatBritain onacid-freepaperby BiddlesLtd,King’sLynn ISBN0-19-927715-X 978-0-19-927715-5 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 PARENTIBVS OPTIMIS This page intentionally left blank PREFACE The Silvae have gained in popularity in recent decades, in keeping with an increasing and welcome willingness among scholars to reassess post-Virgilian Latin literature. In addition to commentaries on books 2 by H.-J. van Dam (Leiden, 1984), 4 by K. M. Coleman (Oxford 1988), and 3 by G. Laguna Mariscal (Madrid, 1992), there have also been monographs such as A. Hardie’s Statius and the Silvae: Poets, Patrons and Epideixis in the Greco-Roman World (Liverpool, 1983) and C. Newlands’s Statius’ Silvae and the Poetics of Empire (Cambridge, 2002), as well as the Oxford text of E. Courtney (Oxford, 1990) and the new Loeb text and translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey (Cambridge,MA,2003)—tosaynothingoftheburgeoningpresence of Statius in journals. These are undoubtedly exciting times for scholars working on the Silvae. The present commentary on Book 5, which has received no commentary since F. Vollmer’s edition of the whole of the Silvae, P. Papinii Statii Silvarum libri (Leipzig, 1898), owes much to the work of all these scholars, and aims to encourage consideration of a book which has perhaps received a little less attentionthantherestoftheSilvae. The commentary originated in a doctoral thesis on Silvae 5. 1–4 submittedtotheUniversityofOxfordin1995.Iwasveryfortunatein my two supervisors, Robin Nisbet and Michael Winterbottom, who have allowed me to beneWt so much from their learning, humanity, and wisdom overthe years. I amalso very grateful to Stephen Hey- worth, who went far beyond the remit of a College adviser in commenting in great detail on the whole work more than once. Extensive and helpful written comments on the thesis were then kindly provided by my examiners, Gregory Hutchinson and Kath- leenColeman. Since1995,IhavealsobeneWtedgreatlyfromKathleenColeman’s continuing guidance and Statian expertise, since she has calmly enduredadecadeofrespondingtosuccessivedraftsandimportunate questions;itwasaparticularpleasuretobeanearneighbourofhers inCambridge,MA,whenIspentpartoftheautumntermof2002on leave as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of the Classics at viii Preface Harvard.IamalsoverygratefultothosewhohavereadandoVered valuablecommentsandsuggestionsonsectionsofthebook,Miriam GriYn, Donald Hill, Gabriel Laguna Mariscal, Carole Newlands, JonathanPowell,RobinSeager,andTonyWoodman:toallofthem my thanks, though all errors that remain are of course mine. Many other colleagues and friends have also been generous, whether in answering questions, loaning or donating books and articles, or in providinghelporsupportofvaryingkinds,includingRhiannonAsh, DeanBowen,EwenBowie,FrancisandSandraCairns,JohnDavies, Helen Dixon, Philip van der Eijk, Rolando Ferri, Rowland Gibson, StephenHarrison,TomHarrison,MarciaHill,FredJones(whohas alsonoblyprovidedtheetchingforthecover),AndrewLaird,Mohan Manuel, Chris Mee, Mark Molesky, Catherine Osborne, Michael Reeve, Richard Tarrant, Christopher Tuplin, Jonathan Williams, Alexei Zadorojnyi, and Max Zadow. I am also grateful to Hilary O’Shea and the staV of the Press for their patience and diligence. HereIgladlymentiontoothegreatdebtIowetoLeofrancHolford– Strevens,whohasactedascopy-editorinthelastyear:thoughIhave attimesbeendauntedbyhissuggestionsandqueries,hehasmadean enormous contribution to this book, liberally sharing with me his remarkableeruditionandinsights. IshouldalsoliketothanktheBritishAcademyforthepostgradu- atestudentshipwhichenabledmetoembarkonmydoctorate,Wad- ham College, Oxford for a Senior Scholarship during that period, andtheFacultyofArtsoftheUniversityofLiverpoolandtheAHRC (quondamAHRB)fortwosemestersofresearchleavein2002.Iamalso gratefultotheUniversityofNewcastleuponTyneforWnancingavisit in 1997 to Madrid to consult the Matritensis, and to the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at Liverpool for providing fundingforvisitstolibraries. It is also a great pleasure to express my gratitude to Philippa Thomas for her cheerful serenity and encouragement. Lastly, I should like to thank my parents, David and Sheila Gibson, to whomthisbookisdedicated,foreverything. London 12August2005 CONTENTS EditionsoftheSilvae xi Abbreviations xiii GeneralIntroduction xvii Sigla 1 TextsandTranslations Poem1 2 Poem2 22 Poem3 36 Poem4 60 Poem5 62 Commentary Poem1 71 Poem2 173 Poem3 260 Poem4 379 Poem5 393 Bibliography 434 Indexes 453 GeneralIndex 454 IndexofLatinWordsandPhrases 468 IndexofPassages 473 figure 1 ViewoftheTombadiPriscilla,showingopusreticulatum 75
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