Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-340) and indexes
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Embodying the statue: Silvae 1.1 and 4.6; CHAPTER 3 Engendering the house: Silvae 1.2 and 3.4; CHAPTER 4 Imperial pastoral: Vopiscus' villa in Silvae 1.3; CHAPTER 5 Dominating nature: Pollius' villa in Silvae 2.2; CHAPTER 6 Reading the Thebaid: Silvae 1.5; CHAPTER 7 The emperor's Saturnalia: Silvae 1.6; CHAPTER 8 Dining with the emperor: Silvae 4.2; CHAPTER 9 Building the imperial highway: Silvae 4.3; References; Index locorum; Index of subjects and proper names
Although traditionally derided by critics, this study argues that Statius' Silvae offer fascinating insights into the history, politics, art and literature of the Flavian period. They celebrate and explore a flourishing literary and artistic culture which was largely suppressed after the Emperor Domitian's assassination in AD 96