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"One of the most entertaining short narratives of all time, the Achilleid is a stand-alone work of compelling contemporary interest that moves with great rapidity and clarity. Its compact narrative, which encompasses a brutish childhood, an overprotective mother, temporary gender... Read Full Overview

Statius' Achilleid is perhaps the most remarkable of all Latin epic poems. Its project - to tell the whole life of Achilles - was cut short by the poet's untimely death. Yet the completed first book and the earliest part of the second have a charm and freshness matched only in... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Stati, Publius Papini, P. Papini Stati Achilleis (1902) est carmen epicum quod de heroico Achille narrat. Opus hoc continet libros duos, quorum primus Achillis vitam et virtutes, secundus autem eius mortem ac funus describit. Poema est scripum in metro hexametro et est plenum... Read Full Overview

Ne a Naples, en pays grec, Publius Papinius Statius s'est souvent plu a traiter des sujets grecs. Il n'etait guere etonnant qu'il s'interesse au meilleur des Acheens , Achille. L'angle choisi est des plus original: ce n'est pas du guerrier dont il est question, mais de l'enfance... Read Full Overview