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Statius

American  
[stey-shee-uhs] / ˈsteɪ ʃi əs /

noun

  1. Publius Papinius a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.


Statius British  
/ ˈsteɪʃɪəs /

noun

  1. Publius Papinius (ˈpʌblɪəs pəˈpɪnɪəs). ?45–96 ad , Roman poet; author of the collection Silvae and of two epics, Thebais and the unfinished Achilleis

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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

Beyond this, on the left, the base of the famous statue of Domitian has been discovered as described by Statius: "Ipse loci custos, cujus sacrata vorago, Famosusque lacus nomen memorabile servat."

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

The great mass of these eager litterateurs have altogether vanished, or remain as mere shadowy names in Martial or Statius or Pliny.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

The drama of Ennius was taken from a tragedy of Euripides, which is now lost, but its subject is well known from the Thebaid of Statius.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

Though he died at the early age of forty, we owe to him valuable textual criticisms of Lucretius, Propertius, Ovid, Statius, Ausonius, Celsus, Quintilian, Festus, and Catullus and Tibullus.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

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