Statius
1st century AD Roman poet
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Updated 2026-05-29
First-century Roman poet whose Thebaid epic made enough of a dent that Dante tapped him as a guide through Purgatory nearly a thousand years later. His occasional verse collection, the Silvae, kept things lighter between the heavy mythological lifts.
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Publius Papinius Statius was a Latin poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the Thebaid; a collection of occasional poetry, the Silvae; and an unfinished epic, the Achilleid. He is also known for his appearance as a guide in the Purgatory section of Dante's epic poem, the Divine Comedy.
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