Open AccessInvitación al matrimonio: en torno a un pasaje estaciano (<i>Silv.</i> I 2, 161-200)
Author(s) -
Gabriel Laguna Mariscal
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1994.v62.i2.391
Subject(s) - humanities , art
This paper is a literary commentary of Statius’ Siluae I 2, 161-200 (a suasoria to love). The following points are discussed: structure, general and particular sources, stylistic devices and literary fortune. Statius’ primary source of inspiration was Vergil’s Aeneid IV 31-53 (Anna’s suasoria addressed to Dido). But he also elaborated on other cultural sources: a) stoic philosophy; b) rhetorical θέσις of subject εἱ γαμητέον; and c) amatory and elegiac poetry