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CAMBRIDGE GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS STATIUS SILVAE BOOK II EDITED BY CAROLE E. NEWLANDS CAMBRIDGE GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS GENERAL EDITORS P. E. EASTERLING Regius Professor Ementus of Greek, University of Cambndge PuirLiP HARDIE Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge RicHARD HUNTER Regius Professor of Greek, Uniersity of Cambridge E. J. KENNEY Kennedy Professor Ementus of Latin, Unwersity of Cambndge S. P. OAKLEY Kennedy Professor of Latin, Unaversity of Cambridge SILVAE BOOK II EDITED BY CAROLE E. NEWLANDS Professor of Classics, University of Colorado Boulder - CAMBRIDGE QD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sáo Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo, Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge c52 8ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521666237 Q Carole E. Newlands 2011 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2011 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge À catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-521-66187-4 Hardback ISBN 978-0-521-66625-7 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. For Alexander Graham Newlands and Georgina Elizabeth Newlands CONTENTS Preface page ix Introduction ῃ I 2 The character of the Siluae O C 3 Title/ titles O 1 Siluae CO n tituli - Th emes of book 2 - 1 Orerieic - n Lament and consolation O m t and nature: the villa and garden T he structure of book 2 CA Patrons and patronage 1 Patronage in the Flavian age n Recitation n 7he patrons of book 2 Martial and Statius ~J Style 1 Language and syntax n lesification Text and reception of the Siluae 9 10 A note on this commentary Textual changes P. PAPINI STATI SILVARVM LIBER SECVNDVS Commentary Bibliography I Abbreviations vii viii CONTENTS 2 Editions, commentaries and works of reference 256 4 Other works cited 258 Indexes 273 1 Subjects 273 2 Lal words 282 3 Words of Greek origin 283 PREFACE My interest in Statius’ Szluae began many years ago when, as an undergraduate at St Andrews University, Scotland, I attended a series of brilliant lectures on these poems taught by Chris Carter. He conveyed to me his excitement about the novelty of the Siluae, their bold experimentation with language and poetic convention. Later, at the start of graduate school at UC Berkeley, the medieval scholar Alain Renoir ordered me to start my studies by reading Statius, who was not at that time of first order of importance for classicists. However, a positive shift in interest in this Flavian poet has taken place, and in this edition I have been able to take advantage of the important textual and literary critical work done on the Sz/uae in recent decades. In keeping with the aims of the series, I have tried to explain the cultural context of the seven poems of book 2 as well as elucidate Statius’ text. It is my hope that this edition will make Statius' Szluae more accessible by contributing to an appreciation of their innovations in style, theme and genre; and by helping elucidate Roman culture in the age of Domitian and Statius’ sophisticated engagement with it. Statius, who was born and raised in Naples, wrote the Sz/uae shortly after the eruption of Vesuvius; his Szluae provide rare, important social testimony to the culture of which the art and artefacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum give us tantalising glimpses. The genesis of this commentary was a conversation with Elaine Fantham, who has offered sound advice and warm encouragement over the years. Summer research grants from the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin Madi- son, and a fellowship from the Loeb Classical Foundation, gave me much-needed time, during four years as chair at UW Madison, to work on the commentary; a term at the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton gave me wonderful resources and a peaceful environment to pursue my research. Finally Clare Hall and the Faculty of Classics in the University of Cambridge provided welcome support in the last stages of composition; I am deeply grateful to all these institutions. Many colleagues in the field have helped by reading portions of the commentary at various stages, and to them I owe a large debt of gratitude: Kathleen Coleman, Bruce Gibson, Alex Hardie, John Miller, Silvia Montiglio, Sara Myers. Kris Ehrhart at UW Madison provided valuable research assistance. I particularly want to thank Jim McKeown for his patience and insight on reading my early drafts, and Philip Hardie, who read and commented on several versions of the commentary with characteristic inci- siveness; from both of them I learned a great deal. Michael Sharp at the Press has helped guide the production of this commentary with great professionalism and care. Boulder, Colorado CAROLE E. NEWLANDS July 2010
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