Silvae

The Silvae is a collection of poems almost entirely in heroic verse, divided into five books, and for the most part written extempore.

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 12: Domitian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

The Silvae is a collection of poems almost entirely in heroic verse, divided into five books, and for the most part written extempore.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Silvae by Angelo Poliziano, edited and translated by Charles Fantazzi

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Cf. especially Statius, _Silvae_, ii. 7, on which the author, in his preface to the book, says, 'Cludit volumen genethliacon Lucani, quod

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

The _Silvae_, which represent the poet in his less serious mood, are occasional poems on miscellaneous subjects, published in five separate Books.

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

The works of Statius now extant, are two poems, viz. the Thebais and the Achilleis, besides a collection, named Silvae.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

The works of Statius now extant, are two poems, viz. the Thebais and the Achilleis, besides a collection, named Silvae.

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 12: Domitian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

None of the _Silvae_ appeared before A.D. 92; for Rutilius Gallicus, for whom i. 4 was written, died in that year, and the poem was not published till after his death (i. praef.).

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

The poet Statius remarks that "to love a wife when she is living is pleasure; to love her when dead, a solemn duty" (Silvae, in prooemio).

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Hexameter verse is employed for all the _Silvae_ except six.

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills