W. J. Dominik, Ph.D. (1989) in Classics, Monash University, Australia, is Professor of Classics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has published extensively on Roman literature and rhetoric, especially of the Flavian era, the classical tradition, and lexicography.C. E. Newlands, Ph.D. (1984) in Comparative Literature and Medieval Studies, University of California, Berkeley, is Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. She recently published Silvae: Book II (2011) and Statius: Between Rome and Naples (2012).K. Gervais, Ph.D. (2013) in Classics at the University of Otago, New Zealand, is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is preparing a commentary on Statius’ Thebaid 2, and has published on Horace, textual criticism, and the films of Quentin Tarantino.Contributors: Frederick Ahl, Rhiannon Ash, Antony Augoustakis, Valéry Berlincourt, Neil W. Bernstein, Susanna Braund, Pramit Chaudhuri, Christopher Chinn, Neil Coffee, Cecilia Criado, Peter J. Davis, Jessica S. Dietrich, William J. Dominik, Robert R. Edwards, Randall T. Ganiban, Kyle Gervais, Bruce Gibson, Peter Heslin, Helen Kaufmann, Helen Lovatt, Agis Marinis, Charles McNelis, Dustin Mengelkoch, Laura Micozzi, K. Sara Myers, Carole E. Newlands, Victoria E. Pagán, Ruth Parkes, François Ripoll, Paul Roche, Luke Roman, Gianpiero Rosati, Meike Rühl.

"In the ‘Introduction’ the editors state that they “have attempted to provide for our readers both an overview of present trends in research and a stimulus to future exploration of Statius, his times, and his reception’ (pp. 13–14). These goals are easily met in the volume and everywhere contributors point to fertile avenues for future research. Students and scholars alike will find much value here." Andrew M. McClellan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.03.43.''William Dominik, Carole Newlands, and Kyle Gervais present a monumental volume devoted to Statius’ poetry, offering a very wide range of perspectives in more than thirty chapters amounting to seven hundred pages. It will certainly become a standard reference publication not just in Statian, but also in Flavian studies. The brilliant array of scholars who have contributed to the volume ensures its high quality.'' Ana Lóio, Euphrosyne 2017.45

• PrefaceTexts and Abbreviations Notes on Contributorspart 1 – Introduction1 Reading Statius Carole E. Newlands, Kyle Gervais, and William J. Dominikpart 2 - Beginnings2 Statius on Invocation and InspirationK. Sara Myers3 The Silvae: Poetics of Impromptu and Cultural ConsumptionGianpiero Rosati4 The Beginnings of the AchilleidRandall T. Ganibanpart 3 - Social and Cultural Matters5 Creating the Distinguished Addressee: Literary Patronage in the Works of StatiusMeike Rühl6 Gift and Society in the Works of StatiusNeil Coffee7 Negative Stereotypes of Wealth in the Works of StatiusBruce Gibson8 Family and Kinship in the Works of StatiusNeil W. Bernsteinpart 4 - Transgressive Poetics: The Achilleid9 Statius’ Achilleid: The Paradoxical EpicPeter J. Davis10 Intertext, Metapoetry, and Visuality in the AchilleidChristopher Chinn11 Similes and Gender in the AchilleidCharles McNelispart 5 - Conflict, Power, and Death in the Thebaid12 “War Came in Disarray . . .” (Thebaid 7.616): Statius and the Depiction of BattleRhiannon Ash13 Parent-Child Conflict in the ThebaidKyle Gervais14 Transgressing Boundaries of the Unthinkable: Sophocles, Ovid, Vergil, Seneca, and Homer Refracted in Statius’ ThebaidFrederick Ahl15 Similes and Their Programmatic Role in the ThebaidWilliam J. Dominik16 The Constitutional Status of Euripidean and Statian Theseus: Some Aspects of the Criticism of Absolute Power in the ThebaidCecilia Criado17 Dead Woman Walking: Jocasta in the ThebaidJessica S. Dietrichpart 6 - Predecessors and Contemporaries18 Statius’ Epic Poetry: A Challenge to the Literary Past Laura Micozzi19 Statius’ Thebaid and Greek Tragedy: The Legacy of ThebesAgis Marinis20 Georgics 2.497 and Thebaid 1.19–20: Allusion and InspirationVictoria E. Pagán21 Statius and Senecan DramaAntony Augoustakis22 Lucan’s De Bello Civili in the ThebaidPaul Roche23 Following after Valerius: Argonautic Imagery in the ThebaidHelen Lovatt24 Statius and Silius ItalicusFrançois Ripoll25 Statius and Martial: Post-vatic Self-fashioning in Flavian RomeLuke Romanpart 7 - Reception26 Reading Statius Through a Biographical LensRuth Parkes27 Papinius Noster: Statius in Roman Late AntiquityHelen Kaufmann28 Medieval Statius: Belatedness and AuthorityRobert R. Edwards29 Statius in Dante’s Commedia Peter Heslin30 The Thebaid in Italian Renaissance Epic: The Case of Capaneus Pramit Chaudhuri31 Early Modern Thebaid: The Latin Commentary Tradition Valéry Berlincourt32 Statian Recusatio: Angelo Poliziano and John Dryden Dustin Mengelkoch33 Naturalizing Statius Susanna Braund34 Statius in an Ideological ClimateCarole E. NewlandsBibliography Index Locorum General Index

W. J. Dominik, Ph.D. (1989) in Classics, Monash University, Australia, is Professor of Classics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has published extensively on Roman literature and rhetoric, especially of the Flavian era, the classical tradition, and lexicography.C. E. Newlands, Ph.D. (1984) in Comparative Literature and Medieval Studies, University of California, Berkeley, is Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. She recently published Silvae: Book II (2011) and Statius: Between Rome and Naples (2012).K. Gervais, Ph.D. (2013) in Classics at the University of Otago, New Zealand, is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is preparing a commentary on Statius’ Thebaid 2, and has published on Horace, textual criticism, and the films of Quentin Tarantino.Contributors: Frederick Ahl, Rhiannon Ash, Antony Augoustakis, Valéry Berlincourt, Neil W. Bernstein, Susanna Braund, Pramit Chaudhuri, Christopher Chinn, Neil Coffee, Cecilia Criado, Peter J. Davis, Jessica S. Dietrich, William J. Dominik, Robert R. Edwards, Randall T. Ganiban, Kyle Gervais, Bruce Gibson, Peter Heslin, Helen Kaufmann, Helen Lovatt, Agis Marinis, Charles McNelis, Dustin Mengelkoch, Laura Micozzi, K. Sara Myers, Carole E. Newlands, Victoria E. Pagán, Ruth Parkes, François Ripoll, Paul Roche, Luke Roman, Gianpiero Rosati, Meike Rühl.

"In the ‘Introduction’ the editors state that they “have attempted to provide for our readers both an overview of present trends in research and a stimulus to future exploration of Statius, his times, and his reception’ (pp. 13–14). These goals are easily met in the volume and everywhere contributors point to fertile avenues for future research. Students and scholars alike will find much value here." Andrew M. McClellan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.03.43.''William Dominik, Carole Newlands, and Kyle Gervais present a monumental volume devoted to Statius’ poetry, offering a very wide range of perspectives in more than thirty chapters amounting to seven hundred pages. It will certainly become a standard reference publication not just in Statian, but also in Flavian studies. The brilliant array of scholars who have contributed to the volume ensures its high quality.'' Ana Lóio, Euphrosyne 2017.45

• PrefaceTexts and Abbreviations Notes on Contributorspart 1 – Introduction1 Reading Statius Carole E. Newlands, Kyle Gervais, and William J. Dominikpart 2 - Beginnings2 Statius on Invocation and InspirationK. Sara Myers3 The Silvae: Poetics of Impromptu and Cultural ConsumptionGianpiero Rosati4 The Beginnings of the AchilleidRandall T. Ganibanpart 3 - Social and Cultural Matters5 Creating the Distinguished Addressee: Literary Patronage in the Works of StatiusMeike Rühl6 Gift and Society in the Works of StatiusNeil Coffee7 Negative Stereotypes of Wealth in the Works of StatiusBruce Gibson8 Family and Kinship in the Works of StatiusNeil W. Bernsteinpart 4 - Transgressive Poetics: The Achilleid9 Statius’ Achilleid: The Paradoxical EpicPeter J. Davis10 Intertext, Metapoetry, and Visuality in the AchilleidChristopher Chinn11 Similes and Gender in the AchilleidCharles McNelispart 5 - Conflict, Power, and Death in the Thebaid12 “War Came in Disarray . . .” (Thebaid 7.616): Statius and the Depiction of BattleRhiannon Ash13 Parent-Child Conflict in the ThebaidKyle Gervais14 Transgressing Boundaries of the Unthinkable: Sophocles, Ovid, Vergil, Seneca, and Homer Refracted in Statius’ ThebaidFrederick Ahl15 Similes and Their Programmatic Role in the ThebaidWilliam J. Dominik16 The Constitutional Status of Euripidean and Statian Theseus: Some Aspects of the Criticism of Absolute Power in the ThebaidCecilia Criado17 Dead Woman Walking: Jocasta in the ThebaidJessica S. Dietrichpart 6 - Predecessors and Contemporaries18 Statius’ Epic Poetry: A Challenge to the Literary Past Laura Micozzi19 Statius’ Thebaid and Greek Tragedy: The Legacy of ThebesAgis Marinis20 Georgics 2.497 and Thebaid 1.19–20: Allusion and InspirationVictoria E. Pagán21 Statius and Senecan DramaAntony Augoustakis22 Lucan’s De Bello Civili in the ThebaidPaul Roche23 Following after Valerius: Argonautic Imagery in the ThebaidHelen Lovatt24 Statius and Silius ItalicusFrançois Ripoll25 Statius and Martial: Post-vatic Self-fashioning in Flavian RomeLuke Romanpart 7 - Reception26 Reading Statius Through a Biographical LensRuth Parkes27 Papinius Noster: Statius in Roman Late AntiquityHelen Kaufmann28 Medieval Statius: Belatedness and AuthorityRobert R. Edwards29 Statius in Dante’s Commedia Peter Heslin30 The Thebaid in Italian Renaissance Epic: The Case of Capaneus Pramit Chaudhuri31 Early Modern Thebaid: The Latin Commentary Tradition Valéry Berlincourt32 Statian Recusatio: Angelo Poliziano and John Dryden Dustin Mengelkoch33 Naturalizing Statius Susanna Braund34 Statius in an Ideological ClimateCarole E. NewlandsBibliography Index Locorum General Index