{"product_id":"silvae-book-ii-9789004071100","title":"Silvae Book II","description":"The five books of the \u003ci\u003eSilvae\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003eThe present work contains a general introduction, a text of \u003ci\u003eSilvae\u003c\/i\u003e II, a bibliography, and an index, together with a verse-by-verse commentary on the poems of this second book. \u003cbr\u003eThis is the first commentary on a book of the \u003ci\u003eSilvae\u003c\/i\u003e since Vollmer's commentary on the whole of the \u003ci\u003eSilvae\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Harm-Jan van Dam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48268738298107,"sku":"9789004071100","price":327.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_2e721391-48d6-4cdc-9e49-708b312dd45a.jpg?v=1770940707","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/silvae-book-ii-9789004071100","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}