Silvae. / Book II / / P. Papinius Statius ; a commentary by Harm-Jan van Dam.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementary ; 82
• Author: Statius, P. Papinius
• TeilnehmendeR: Dam, Harm-Jan van, 1948-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : E.J. Brill,, 1984.
• Year of Publication: 1984
• Language: Latin; English
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 82.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (539 pages).
• Notes: Text in Latin, commentary in English.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Conspectvs siglorvm /; List of deviations from Marastoni’s edition /; Statius Meliori suo Salutem /; Praefatio /; Glaucias Atedii Melioris delicatus /; Villa Surrentina Pollii Felicis /; Arbor Atedii Melioris /; Psittacus Atedii Melioris /; Leo mansuetus /; Consolatio ad Flavium Ursum de amissione pueri delicati /; Genethliacon Lucani ad Pollam /; Speeches in the Silvae /; Bibliography /; Index /; Silvae book II.; Silvae book 2.; Silvae book two.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-528) and index.
• ISBN: 9004328173
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: P. Papinius Statius ; a commentary by Harm-Jan van Dam.

The five books of the Silvae bring together the occasional verses which Statius wrote in addition to his two epics. In these short descriptive poems Statius elaborates features taken from various genres into an original whole, in which description and eulogy play important roles. The main themes of the poems of his second book are consolation after bereavement and the contrast between nature and culture. The present work contains a general introduction, a text of Silvae II, a bibliography, and an index, together with a verse-by-verse commentary on the poems of this second book. This is the first commentary on a book of the Silvae since Vollmer's commentary on the whole of the Silvae of 1898. Emphasis is here placed on interpretation and moreover chiefly on the literary and stylistic aspects of the poems, which, compared with the epic poetry of Statius and his contemporaries, have hitherto received relatively little attention.