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Silvae

Silvae

Statius Original title Silvae (Latin)

The Silvae is a collection of Latin occasional poetry in hexameters, hendecasyllables, and lyric meters by Publius Papinius Statius . There are 32 poems in the collection, divided into five books. Each book contains a prose preface which introduces and dedicates the book. The subjects of the poetry are varied and provide scholars with a wealth of information on Domitian's Rome and Statius' life.

“You, whom Venus of her grace united to me in the springtime of my days, and in old age keeps mine.”
Nempe benigna quam mihi sorte Venus iunctam florentibus annis servat et in senium.

Statius Silvae

v, line 22 (tr. J. H. Mozley)
Silvae, Book III

“Bacchei vineta madentia Gauri.”

Statius Silvae

The flowing vineyards of Bacchic Gaurus.
v, line 99
Silvae, Book III

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