Statius
Americannoun
noun
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They read of superb little sculptures like the Hercules that the poet Statius insisted Hannibal had admired and that Sulla used for adorning his banquet table.
From Time Magazine Archive
Virgil asks him how he became a Christian, and Statius refers him to his own words in one of the Eclogues, regarded in those days as containing a prophecy of Christ.
From Dante Six Sermons by Philip H. Wicksteed
Then follows discourse on Lucan, Statius, Tasso, and the rest.
From The Gentle Reader by Samuel McChord Crothers
It was in his childhood only that Pope could make choice of so injudicious a writer as Statius to translate.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
Statius, whose father before him was a poet, was born at Naples.
From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Curtis C. Bushnell
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