Extant Works

A fragment of a printed page from an early modern edition of Statius' Silvae. Most of the page is covered by a white mask, leaving a diagonal band of text visible at the bottom and a partial header in the top left corner. The typography includes the long s (ſ) and the æ ligature.

he himself...
...ought this also to be burdened by a hearing? which I still fear for my Thebaid Statius' epic poem on the war of the Seven against Thebes (although it has left me). But we also read the Culex the Gnat, a poem attributed to Virgil, and we also recognize the Batrachomyomachia Battle of the Frogs and Mice. Nor is there any of the illustrious Poets referring to ancient authors who has not preluded something to his works with a more relaxed style. What of the fact that it was late to contain these, when you certainly (for whose honour they were given) held them. But it is much for them also to be with me, rather than alone...
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