It has taken Statius longer than say Lucan to emerge from
Victorian disapproval of Silver literature, but he seems to have done
now. LAH-S
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I say, could anybody explain that statement at more length? Explain what
Silver Literature means, (although I can, of course, guess) and explain
why the
Just a note to say how much I appreciated the comment on the Silver
Age. It was very insightful. How would Tennyson, who has been called
virgilian, fit in though? Or, is this why Tennyson has always been a
bit suspect by the intelligentsia from the time of the Victorian era? He
was more Latin than
Thank you for the wonderful observations from Book V, games. Right
now, all I can recall is the old warrior smashing the bull in the
brains, upon receiving his prize. Love Vergil's depiction of his
contempt for the tenor of the games, his prize and and the colorful
description of the beast
