Open AccessEstácio, Silvas 2.5
Author(s) -
Everton da Silva Natividade,
Fernanda Messeder Moura
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nuntius antiquus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2179-7064
pISSN - 1983-3636
DOI - 10.17851/1983-3636...251-256
Subject(s) - spectacle , poetry , emperor , portuguese , art , presentation (obstetrics) , literature , sight , humanities , history , philosophy , ancient history , law , linguistics , political science , medicine , physics , radiology , astronomy
A translation into Portuguese of Siluae 2.5 by Publius Papinius Statius (ca. 40-50 AD – ca. 95 AD) is offered along with a presentation of the author and a few relevant critical assumptions. The poem, titled Leo mansuetus (“The Tame Lion”), is a poetic portrayal of the animal’s death in an arena spectacle, but above all it depicts – something rather unusual in the consolatio mode – the emperor being moved by the sight thereof.