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
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
Statius had undoubtedly invention, ability, and spirit; but his images are gigantic and outrageous, and his sentiments tortured and hyperbolical.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
Boccaccio tells us that he became very familiar with Virgil, Horace, Ovid and Statius, and all other famous poets.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
There was also Polla, the wife of Lucan, whose inconsolable grief at her husband's death was so beautifully described by Statius.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
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