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Statius

40 - 96

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Publius Papinius Statius (Greek: Πόπλιος Παπίνιος Στάτιος; , Latin: [ˈstaːtiʊs]; c. 45 – c. 96) was a Latin poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the Thebaid; a collection of occasional poetry, the Silvae; and an unfinished epic, the Achilleid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Statius has received more than 310,675 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Statius is the 510th most popular writer (down from 477th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Italy (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Writer.

Statius is most famous for his epic poem, Thebaid.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Opera
1898
The Thebaid
Social Science
* With Latin text and English translation The epic poem the Thebaid was composed by Statius about AD 80 to 92 in twelve books. The subject is the expedition of the Seven against Thebes in support of the attempt by Oedipus' son Polyneices to recover the throne from his brother Eteocles. Book IX is set in the midst of the fighting before theeventual death of the two brothers. In this new edition of Book IX Dr Dewar accompanies the Latin text with apparatus criticus, a translation, and an extensive introduction and commentary. The introduction contains sections on Statius' life and works, a summary of the epic, its themes and characters, and poetry, the textualtradition, and Statius' influence on later European literature. The commentary, the first on the ninth book to be published in Britain this century, is written in the light of recent scholarship. It examines in close detail Statius' style and language, use of models (especially Homer, HellenisticGreek poetry, Virgil, Lucan, and Seneca), and literary intentions. It is Dr Dewar's hope that this edition will help to explain the poem's great popularity in the Middle Ages, and even restore something of its lost prestige.
1973
Silvae
1728
Statius
2004
Publii Papinii Statii Sylvarum, lib. v. Thebaidos, lib. xii. Achilleidos, lib. ii
1778
Thebais
Classical literature
1783

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Statius ranks 510 out of 7,302. Before him are Baldassare Castiglione, Philip Larkin, Anthony Burgess, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anaïs Nin, and Robert A. Heinlein. After him are Alfred Jarry, Camille Flammarion, Gabriele Amorth, Isaac Babel, Aulus Gellius, and Tom Clancy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 40, Statius ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement I, Pedanius Dioscorides, and Martial. After him are Claudia Octavia, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Dio Chrysostom, Lucius Licinius Sura, and Lucius Flavius Silva. Among people deceased in 96, Statius ranks 4. Before him are Domitian, Quintilian, and Joseph of Arimathea.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Statius ranks 646 out of 5,161. Before him are Giorgio Agamben (1942), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Luca Signorelli (1450), Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), and Luigi Riva (1944). After him are Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685), Galeazzo Ciano (1903), Francesco Redi (1626), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Bernardo Provenzano (1933), and Desiderius (710).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Statius ranks 44. Before him are Fausto Cercignani (1941), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Tibullus (-50), Livius Andronicus (-280), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), and Baldassare Castiglione (1478). After him are Gabriele Amorth (1925), Aulus Gellius (123), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Eugenio Montale (1896), Dino Buzzati (1906), and Cassiodorus (487).

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