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Editing and Commenting on Statius' Silvae
Series: - Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 464
Volume Editor:
The Silvae by Statius dethroned Virgil from the Studio in Naples, fostered the creation of a new genre, offered a model for court poetry, and seduced the most prestigious Humanists in the most vibrant centres of Renaissance Italy and the Netherlands. The collection preserves magnificent buildings otherwise lost; speaks of stones otherwise unknown; and memorializes people, rituals, and social relationships that would have passed into oblivion in silence. This volume offers a fresh look into approaches to the Silvae by editors and commentators, both at the time of the rediscovery of the poems and today.
Ana Lóio, Ph.D. (2012), University of Lisbon, is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at that university. She has published articles and book-chapters on Statius’ Silvae and Martial’s epigrams.
Contributors are: Giancarlo Abbamonte, Federica Bessone, Kathleen M. Coleman, Bruce Gibson, Ana Lóio, Carole Newlands, Antonino Pittà, Luke Roman, Gianpiero Rosati.
Contributors are: Giancarlo Abbamonte, Federica Bessone, Kathleen M. Coleman, Bruce Gibson, Ana Lóio, Carole Newlands, Antonino Pittà, Luke Roman, Gianpiero Rosati.
"This book has a claim upon the notice of all who are curious about the role of the commentary in classical learning, as well as those with a more general interest in the Silvae of Statius. (...) Ana Lóio’s introduction offers a brief but detailed history of exegetical scholarship on the Silvae. (...) In an exemplary synthesis of literary and textual criticism Ana Lóio examines two vexing passages in Statius’ Silvae (4.4.93–105) and Propertius’ Elegies (2.1.35–8), each concerned with proverbial friendships and the relations between poet and patron."
Matthew Hardy in BMCR 2024.05.02
Matthew Hardy in BMCR 2024.05.02
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Commenting on Statius’ Silvae: No Place for Dead Wood
Ana Lóio
1 Roman Humanism and the Study of the Silvae in the Fifteenth Century
Giancarlo Abbamonte
2 Poliziano’s (Commentary on Statius’) Silvae: Between Imitation and Exegesis
Luke Roman
3 The Role of Translation in Commentary on Statius’ Silvae
Bruce Gibson
4 Notes from a New Commentary on Statius’ Silvae
Antonino Pittà
5 Commenting on the Silvae: Visuality, Versatility, Verisimilitude
Kathleen M. Coleman
6 Errant Poetics: Rethinking a Comment on Silvae 2.2.83–85
Carole Newlands
7 Commenting on an Ovidian Model: An Authorized Desertion in Silvae 1.2
Gianpiero Rosati
8 The Hut and the Temple: Private Aetiology and Augustan Models in Silvae 3.1
Federica Bessone
9 Untying the Commentator’s Knot: Bonds and Lacunae in Silvae 4.4 and Propertius 2.1
Ana Lóio
Index
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Commenting on Statius’ Silvae: No Place for Dead Wood
Ana Lóio
Part 1 The (First) Rediscovery
1 Roman Humanism and the Study of the Silvae in the Fifteenth Century
Giancarlo Abbamonte
2 Poliziano’s (Commentary on Statius’) Silvae: Between Imitation and Exegesis
Luke Roman
Part 2 The Sequel: A New Age of Disclosure
3 The Role of Translation in Commentary on Statius’ Silvae
Bruce Gibson
4 Notes from a New Commentary on Statius’ Silvae
Antonino Pittà
5 Commenting on the Silvae: Visuality, Versatility, Verisimilitude
Kathleen M. Coleman
Part 3 A Path to the Future: Statian Readings in Augustan Poetry
6 Errant Poetics: Rethinking a Comment on Silvae 2.2.83–85
Carole Newlands
7 Commenting on an Ovidian Model: An Authorized Desertion in Silvae 1.2
Gianpiero Rosati
8 The Hut and the Temple: Private Aetiology and Augustan Models in Silvae 3.1
Federica Bessone
9 Untying the Commentator’s Knot: Bonds and Lacunae in Silvae 4.4 and Propertius 2.1
Ana Lóio
Index
This book will appeal to everyone interested in Flavian literature, the Renaissance rediscovery of the Classics, the history of scholarship, and the challenge of editing and commenting on Latin poetry.