Statius Bibliography by Author

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Valenti, Veronica, "Stazio e Anfiarao: Effetto soterico della parola," Studi classici e orientali 57 (2011): 261-302
• In Roman literature, the vates inhabits a separate plane from the living and exists vertically, that is, connected with the gods more than with men. In contrast, Statius depicts a shared world, making Amphiaraus' death a programmatic device.
Valerio, R., Stazio nella divina commedia: Studio critico-estetico (Acireale, 1901)
Valmaggi, L., Stazio nella tradizione classica del Medio Evo (extr. from Biblioteca delle Scuole Italiane, 7-10]) (Asti: A. Bianchi, 1889)
Valmaggi, L., "La fortuna di Stazio nella tradizione letteraria latine a bassolatina," Rivista di filologia e di istruzione classica 21 (1893): 409-462, 481-554
van Buren, A.W., "Statius, Silvae 3.5.93," The American Journal of Philology (1929): 372-73
van Buren, A.W., "The Text of Two Sources for Campanian Topography," The American Journal of Philology 51.4 (1930): 378-81 [378-80]
• At Silv. 3.5.104, read venarumque for denarumque, referring to the mineral springs and keeping the geographical order. Stabias renatas is difficult, given the small amount of evidence for the importance of the town even after Pompeii was destroyed.
Van Dam, H.-J., "Critical remarks on Statius, Silvae 2," Stud. Lat. Lit. 2, coll. Latomus 168 (1980): 378-406
Van Dam, H.-J., P. Papinius Statius Silvae Book 2: A Commentary, Mnemosyne suppl. 82 (Leiden: Brill, 1984)
• Reviews: R. Mayer, Classical Review 36 (1986): 50-51; L. Håkanson, Gnomon 59 (1987): 62-64
Van Dam, H.-J., "Statius, Silvae: Forschungsbericht 1974-1984," Aufsteig und Niedergang der römischen Welt 2.32.5 (1986): 2727-2753
Van Dam, Harm-Jan, review of Hardie, A., Statius and the Silvae (1983), Gnomon 60.8 (1988): 704-12
Van Dam, Harm-Jan, review of Coleman, K.M., Silvae IV (1988), Gnomon 62.8 (1990): 745-47
Van Dam, H.-J., "Notes on Statius Silvae 4," Mnemosyne 45 (1992): 190-224
• Analysis and interpretation 4.1.5-10, 4.1.44-46, 4.2.8-9, 4.2.20-25, 4.3.20-23, 4.3.86-89, 4.3.124-138, 4.3.155-159, 4.4.70-75, 4.4.78-85, 4.6.13-16, 4.6.56-58, 4.6.59-63, 4.8.36-41, and 4.8.45-54, emphasizing the influence of Ovid and Virgil.
Van Dam, H.-J., "Epische scènes in Statius' Silvae," Lampas 37 (2004): 102-21
Van Dam, H.-J., "Multiple Imitation of Epic Models in the Silvae," in R.R. Nauta, H.-J. van Dam, and J.J.L. Smolenaars, edd., Flavian Poetry, Mnemosyne suppl. 207 (Leiden: Brill, 2008): 185-206
• Examples of the imitation of epic models in Silv. 1.4, 2.1, 3.1, and 3.4. "Virgil is the most privileged author in the Silvae. Long narrative mythological insets occur in several poems, embellished by speeches, where epic scenes from more than one author are imitated at the same time. Ovid's possible role in Statius' epic imitations is considered."
Van Dam, Harm-Jan, "Wandering Woods Again: From Poliziano to Grotius," in Johannes J. L. Smolenaars, Harm-Jan van Dam, and Ruurd R. Nauta, edd., The Poetry of Statius, Mnemosyne Supplement 306 (Leiden, 2008): 45-64
van de Woestijne, P., "Note sur un passage de Lactantius Placidus," Latomus 5 (Mél. Kugener) (1946): 181-4
• On LP ad Theb. 4.481-86.
van de Woestijne, P., "Marginaliën bij Lactantius Placidus," L'Antiquité Classique n.s. 17 (1948): 573-584
• Critical and exegetical notes to 18 scholia on the Thebaid.
van de Woestijne, P., "Les scholies à la Thébaïde de Stace: Remarques et suggestions," L'Antiquité Classique n.s. 19 (1950): 149-63
• The author of LP can be dated between Donatus and Servius (350-400).
Van den Broek, Pieter, "The Narrative of Adrastus in Statius' Thebaid as a Case Study of Intratextual Poetics," Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 56 (2016) 43-63
• Adrastus' narrative (Theb. 1.577-668) is full of repetitions of words and is echoed in later parts of the epic, especially in the Nemean episode (Books 4-6). The repetitions of words emphasize motifs that play an important role in the poem and combine characters, events, motifs and episodes. This intratextuality leads to the impression of uniformity, discontinuity, or ambiguity.
van der Schuur, Marco, "Civil War on the Horizon: Seneca's Thyestes and Phoenissae in Statius's Thebaid 7," in Lauren Donovan Ginsberg and Darcy A. Krasne (ed.), After 69 CE: Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome, Trends in Classics, Supplementary volume 65 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018), 123-44
• Review: Jessica Blum-Sorensen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2020.01.14
Vannucci, L., "Ausonio fra Virgilio e Stazio: A proposito dei modelli poetici del Cupido cruciatus," Atene e Roma: Rassegna trimestrale dell'Associazione Italiana di Cultura classica 34 (1989): 39-54
Varjás, Istvan, "Kritikai adalékok a Statius Thebaisához, irt scholionkhoz," Egytemes philologiai közlöny 17 (1893): 651-663, 727-745
• Critical notes to LP, especially on the Bambergensis.
Vassileiou, A., "Dulcem Gallionem (note sur Stace, Silves 2.7.32)," Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 46 (1972): 40-2
• On L. Iunius Gallio Annaeanus, the brother of Seneca the philosopher.
Vélez Latorre, José Manuel, "'¿Vale todo en una guerra?': Subversión del código épico-heroico (y re-homerización) en el libro 10 de la Tebaida de Estacio," in Ianua classicorum: Temas y formas del mundo clásico : Actas del XIII Congreso Español de Estudios Clásicos, ed. Jesús de la Villa Polo, Patricia Cañizares Ferriz, and Emma Falque Rey, 3 vols. (Madrid: Sociedad Española de Estudios Clásicos, 2015), 2:547-553
• Book 10 of the Thebaid is modeled on Iliad 10 and Aeneid 9 but there are also interactions with Aeneid 2: "Faced with the teleological epic of the 'Aeneid' (the fall of Troy will lead to a more glorious destiny, determined by Jupiter and a positive fatum), in the fight for Thebes there are no winners: all are losers."
Vella, H.C.R., Repeats and Symmetrical Clusters of Metrical Patterns in the First Four Feet in Latin Silver Age Epic Poetry (Sliema, Malta: Aurora, 1987)
Venini, P., "Studi sulla Tebaide di Stazio: L'imitazione," Rendiconti dell'Istituto Lombardo, Classe di Lettere, Scienze morali e storiche 95 (1961): 371-400
• Contrary to general opinion, Statius does more than just quote his models. His utilization of them is subordinated to exigencies of the poem and rules of poetry.
Venini, P., "Studi sulla Tebaide di Stazio: La composizione," Rendiconti dell'Istituto Lombardo, Classe di Lettere, Scienze morali e storiche 95 (1961): 55-88
• Statius has a preoccupation with unity.
Venini, P., "Furor e psicologia nella Tebaide di Stazio," Athenaeum 42 (Mélanges Malcovati) (1964): 201-13
• Against W. Schetter, Untersuchungen zur epischen Kunst des Statius (1960).
Venini, P., "Echi lucanei nel L. xi della Tebaide," Rendiconti dell'Istituto Lombardo, Classe di Lettere, Scienze morali e storiche 99 (1965): 149-167
• In the duel, traces from Euripides and Lucan, both in the sense of nefas and in certain stylistic elements.
Venini, P., "Funera Cadmi," Aevum 41 (1967): 327-332
• At Theb. 1.227, the question is whether it is Cadmus or his descendants. At Theb. 11.485, it is clearly Cadmus.
Venini, P., "Ancora sull'imitazione senecana e lucanea nella Tebaide di Stazio," Rivista di filologia e di istruzione classica 95 (1967): 418-427
• They determine some of the fundamental motifs of the Theb. and in Statius' view of myth.
Venini, P., "A proposito di alcuni recenti studi sulla composizione della Tebaide staziana," Athenaeum 46 (1968): 131-38
• On the studies of E. Frank, ("Struttura dell'esametro di Stazio," Rendiconti dell'Istituto Lombardo, Classe di Lettere, Scienze morali e storiche 102 (1968) 396-408); and W. Schetter (Untersuchungen zur epischen Kunst des Statius, 1960).
Venini, P., "Stazio poeta doctus?" Rendiconti dell'Istituto Lombardo, Classe di Lettere, Scienze morali e storiche 103 (1969): 461-76
• The opinion of F. Delarue, ("Sur deux passages de Stace," Orpheus 15 (1968) 13-31) that Statius is an erudite poet doesn't correspond to reality. He has solid learning, but adheres too much to his predecessors.
Venini, P., Thebaidos liber undecimus, Biblioteca di Studi superiori 58 (Firenze, 1970) [commentary]
Venini, P., "Valerio Flacco e l'erudizione Apolloniana, Note stilistiche," Rendiconti dell'Istituto Lombardo, Classe di Lettere, Scienze morali e storiche 105 (1971): 582-596
• Comparison of Valerius and Statius in their desire to follow artistic exigencies and satisfy popular taste.
Venini, P., "Ancora su Stazio e Antimaco," Athenaeum 50 (1972): 400-403
• Statius probably knew Antimachus, contrary to what Vessey says.
Venini, P., "Su alcuni passi del l. X della Tebaide staziani: in margine a un recente commentario," Athenaeum 51 (1973): 384-88
• Critical review of R.D. Williams, ed., Thebaidos liber decimus (1972).
Venini, P., "Vernum lac (Stazio Theb. 4.452 s.)," Athenaeum 60 (1982): 256-7
Venini, P., "A proposito di una recente edizione della Tebaide di Stazio," Rivista di filologia e di istruzione classica 122.4 (1994): 492-500
• A critical review of D.E. Hill, ed., Thebaidos Libri 12 (1983)
Venini, Paola, "Medium, Borean inlabere (Theb. 7,6)," in Fernand Delarue, Sophia Georgacopoulou, Pierre Laurens, and Anne-Marie Taisne, edd., Epicedion: Hommage à P. Papinius Statius, 96-1996, Publications de la Licorne 38 (Poitiers: La Licorne, 1996): 131-34
Ventura, Mariana S., "The Death of the Father: A Contribution to the Study of the Flavian Reception of Virgil (Stat. Silv. 5.3)," Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici 64 (2010): 201-16
Aen. 6 as a model for Silv. 5.3.
Verdière, P., "L'auteur du Panegyricus Messalae tibullien," Latomus 13 (1954): 56-64
• Similarities among the De laude Pisonis, the Silvae, Theb., Calpurnius' Bucolica, and the Panegyricus suggest that Statius is the author of the Panegyricus which he composed in an attempt to imitate Calpurnius, the presumed author of the De laude Pisonis.
Verdière, R., "Notes de lecture," Latomus 31 (1972): 201-3
• On Silvae 5.2.144-46, 3.93-94; Theb. 4.41-42, 6.446-47, 10.273-75.
Verdière, Raoul, "Notes critiques," Sileno: Rivista Semestrale di Studi Classici e Cristiani 8 (1982): 73-82
• On Theb. 11.273-75.
Verrall, "'To Follow the Fisherman': An Historical Problem in Dante," Independent Review 1 (London, 1903-1904): 246-64
• A source for Statius' Christianity, based on a difference between the prologues of the Thebaid and Achilleid, in that Domitian is praised as a god in the first, second only lauded, without apothesis.
Verrall, "Dante on the Baptism of Statius," Albany Review, n.s. 3 (1908): 499-514
• The hesitation to cross the swollen Asopus is allegory for an "adumbration" or covert confession of Statius' own reluctance to declare his faith. In the phrase "Stat triste pecus" <7.437>, Stat stands for Statius.
Verstraete, B.C., "Originality and Mannerism in Statius' Use of Myth in the Silvae," L'Antiquité Classique 52 (1983): 195-205
• Statius adds details and emotion to myths when he constructs a narrative or when he discusses ideals and achievements. 
Verstraete, B.C., "Panegyric and Candor in Statius, Silvae 3.4," in C. Deroux, ed., Studies in Latin Literature 5, Collection Latomus 206 (1989): 405-413
Verstraete, Beert, review of Courtney, E., ed., Silvae (1990), Phoenix: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada = Revue de la Société Canadienne des études Classiques 46 (1992): 380-82
Vessey, D.W.T.C., "Lucan, Statius, and the Baroque Epic," The Classical World 63 (1970): 232-4
Vessey, D.W.T.C., "Notes on the Hypsipyle Episode in Statius: Thebaid 4-6," Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London 17 (1970): 44-54 
Vessey, David W.T.C., "Statius and Antimachus: A Review of the Evidence," Philologus 114.1/2 (1970): 118-43
Vessey, David W.T.C., "The Games in Thebaid VI," Latomus 29 (1970): 426-41
Vessey, D.W.T.C., "The Significance of the Myth of Linus and Coroebus in Statius' Thebaid, I,557-672," The American Journal of Philology 91 (1970): 315-331 
Vessey, David W.T.C., "Exitiale genus: Some Notes on Statius, Thebaid I," Latomus 30 (1971): 375-82
Vessey, D., "Menoeceus in the Thebaid of Statius," Classical Philology 66 (1971): 236-43
Vessey, David W.T.C., "Noxia Tela: Some Innovations in Statius, Thebaid 7 and 11," Classical Philology 66.2 (1971): 87-92
• On Statius' innovations in the myth of Ethiocles and Polynices, especially Jocasta's intercessions.
Vessey, D., "Aspects of Statius' Epithalamion," Mnemosyne 25 (1972): 172-87
S.1.2 arranged AAabc>>abcBA, which demonstrates his mannerism.
Vessey, D.W.T.C., Statius and the Thebaid (Cambridge, 1973)
• Reviews: D.E. Hill, Journal of Roman Studies 64 (1974): 278-279; Schmeling, The American Journal of Philology 96 (1975): 80-81
Vessey, D.W.T.C., "Sidonius, Polla and the Two Poets," The Classical Bulletin 50 (1973-74): 37-39
• Sidonius Apollinaris believed that Polla Argentaria re-married after Lucan's death. The source of his assumption is unclear. It is unlikely that she married Statius, as Sidonius implies. 
Vessey, D.W.T.C., "Statius to Julius Menecrates (Silvae 4.8)," L'Antiquité classique 43 (1974): 257-66
• Critical and exegetical study of the poem. Also, the art and originality of the poet.
Vessey, D.W.T.C., "Statius to His Wife: Silvae 3.5," Classical Journal 72 (1977): 134-40
• The poem is a suasoria to get wife to return to Naples, but the true theme is the picture of family life and conubial harmony.
Vessey, David W.T.C, review of Newmyer, S. Th., The Silvae of Statius (1979), Classical Review 30 (1980): 205-206
Vessey, D.W.T., "Atedius Melior's Tree: Statius, Silvae 2.3," Classical Philology 76 (1981): 46-52
• Plane tree is a symbol of the vita umbratilis, devoted to hospitality and the arts, prompting the myth of Phloe. The myth is not only of an averted tragedy but also of a man who escaped death and found peace in seclusion.
Vessey, D.W.T., "Mediis discumbere in astris," L'Antiquité classique 52 (1983): 206-220
• Literary and historical analysis of Silvae 4.2. Imperial ideology of Domitian.
Vessey, D.W.T., "Transience Preserved: Style and Theme in Statius' Silvae," Aufsteig und Niedergang der römischen Welt 2.32.5 (1986) 2754-2802
Vessey, D.W.T., "Pierius menti calor incidit: Statius' epic style," Aufsteig und Niedergang der römischen Welt 2.32.5 (1986): 2965-3019
Vessey, D.W.T.C., rev. of R. Lesueur, Stace, Thébaide. Livres V-VIII (Tome II) (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1991) and Stace, Thébaide. Livres IX-XII (Tome III) (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1994), Gnomon 70.1 (1998): 78-79
Vessey, D., "Honouring Statius," in F. Delarue et al., ed., Epicedion. Hommage à P. Papinius Statius, 96-1996, UFR Langues, littératures Poitiers, Publications de la Licorne, 38 (Poitiers, 1996): 7-24
Vessey, D.W.T.C., rev. of J.W. Geyssen, Imperial Panegyric in Statius. A Literary Commentary on Silvae 1.1, Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature 24 (New York: Lang, 1996), Classical Review 49 (1999): 571-72  
Vessey, D.T., "Statius. [II 2] P. Papinius Statius. Lateinischer Epiker des späten 1. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. I. Leben, II. Werk, III. Nachwirkung," in Der Neue Pauly, Band XI. Sam - Tal (Stuttgart & Weimar: J.B. Metzler, 2001): 925-28  
Vidal, José Luis, "Nec tu diuinam Aeneida tempta: La sombra de la Eneida (y otras sombras) en la épica flavia," in José Francisco González Castro and Jesús de la Villa Polo, edd., Perfiles de Grecia y Roma: Actas del XII Congreso Español de Estudios Clásicos, Valencia, 22 al 26 de octubre de 2007, 2 (Madrid: Sociedad Española de Estudios Clásicos, 2010), pp. 747-787
• The influence of the Aeneid on Silius, Statius, and Valerius Flaccus.
Villa, Giovanna Faranda, trans., Tebaide, with a introduction by William J. Dominik, 2 voll. (Milano: Biblioteca universale Rizzoli, 1998)
Villa, M.I., trans., Le Selve, versione italiana, Classici latini e greci tradotti (Roma: M. Bulzoni, 1964)
Villaseñor Cuspinera, Patricia, "Inventio en las Silvas," Nova Tellus 14 (1996): 193-227
Villaseñor Cuspinera, Patricia, "Inventio en las Silvas," Nova Tellus 14 (1996): 193-227
Villaseñor C., Patricia, "El Aquiles de Estacio," Nova Tellus: Anuario del Centro de Estudios Clásicos 22.2 (2004) 19-39
• The incomplete Achilleid is an epyllion, a small epic that relies more on description than narration, making it different from other Roman epyllions. Two scenes are critical for the transformation of Achilles into a man: his love for Deidamia and his realization of his own mortality.
Villaseñor Cuspinera, Patricia, "La expresión del dolor: Un sentimiento prescrito (Quint., Inst. Or., VI. pr., y Stat., Silv., V.V.)," Nova Tellus: Anuario del Centro de Estudios Clásicos 24.1 (2006) 91-121
• A discussion of a passage in Quintilian and Silv 5.5 to illustrate the difference between consolationes, epicedia and lamentationes from a rhetorical point of view.
Vinchesi, Maria Assunta, "Imilce e Deidamia, due figure femminili dell' epica flavia (e una probabile ripresa da Silio Italico nell' Achilleide de Stazio)," Invigilata lucernis 21 (1999): 445-52
Vinchesi, Maria Assunta, " L'episodio del serpente libico nel 4 libro dei Punica di Silio Italico e il gusto del sensazionale nell'epica flavia," in Luigi Castagna and Chiara Riboldi, edd., Amicitiae templa serena: Studi in onore di Giuseppe Aricò (Milano: Vita e Pensiero, 2008): 2.1585-1606
• Silius' passage is derived from Ovid and Statius.
Voelkel, L., "The Selection of Coin Types During the Reign of Domitian," in G.E. Mylonas and D.I. Raymond, edd., Studies Presented to D.M. Robinson, II (St. Louis, Mo.: Washington Univ. Press, 1951): 243-7
• According to Silv. 3.3.86-105 that it was the procurator a rationibus Claudius who composed and chose Domitian's coins.
Voigt, Astrid, "Female lament in Greek and Roman epic poetry: its cultural discourses and narrative presentation," diss. Oxford, 2004  
• Statius redefines grief as the very site of agency and makes female lament the main device for the defence of social values in his poem.
Voigt, Astrid, "The Intertextual Matrix of Statius' Thebaid 11.315-23," Dictynna: Revue de Poétique Latine 12 (2015)
• In Theb. 11.315-323, Statius uses several other passages (esp. Hom. Il. 22.437-476, Verg. Aen. 9.473-480, Theb. 4.562 and 569, Sen. Phoen. 363-367) to depict Jocasta as a pious, grieving, Theban, Roman, and epic mother.
Voigt, Astrid, "The Power of the Grieving Mind: Female Lament in Statius's Thebaid," Illinois Classical Studies 41 (2016) 59-84
• "Statius makes moral agency a feature of female lamentation in the Thebaid and reasserts the social value of grief and its ritual performance. This agency is developed in a vacuum of male values" (from LAPH).
Volckmar, K., "Statii Silv. I, 2, 174 sqq.," Philologus 8 (1853): 359-61
Vollmer, Friedrich, "Textkritisches zu Statius," Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 51 (1896): 27-44
• Discussion of the poor readings in younger manuscripts and criticism of Kohlmann's reliance on the Puteanus. Discussions include Theb. 3.369-70, 4.543-50, 5.11-16, 5.320-22,6.5-9, 7.711-14, 9.462-63, 10.104-8, 12.800-2, 3.199, 8.294, 10.174, 10.823, 10.916, 11.87, 11.673, 12.184, 12.315, 5.136, 5.336, 5.428, 6.220-26, 9.217, 9.501, 10.841; Ach. 1.510-13; Silv. 1.1.64, 1.2.13, 1.2.122, 1.3.28, 1.3.41-42, 1.3.62, 1.4.3, 1.4.58-65,1.4.76-77, 1.5.36-39, 2.2.147-48, 3.1.117, 3.2.30, 4.4.102, 5.2.103-4, and a langthy discussion of 5.3.
Vollmer, Friedrich, ed., Silvarum libri (Leipzig, 1898)
Vollmer, F., rev. of Arthur Engelmann, De Statii Silvarum Codicibus, inaug. dissert. (Leipzig, 1902), Deutsche Literaturzeitung (1902) 2332-33
• Contrary to Engelmann and in greement with Klotz, all mss. of the Silvae descend from the Matritensis. Vollmer notes that he places no trust in Politian's notes in the Corsiniana.
Vollmer, Friedrich, "Zur Ueberlieferung von Statius' Silvae," Hermes 38 (1903): 134-9
Vout, C., "Objects of desire: Eroticised political discourse in Imperial Rome," diss. Cambridge 2000
• Martial and Statius (Silvae 3.4) articulate their relationship with their patron Domitian, their feelings for Roman society, and their literary relationship to one another, by writing about Domitian's relationship with a eunuch, Earinus.

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