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PRAECEPTORI DOCTISSIMO
A. S. HOLLIS
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THIS edition grew from a commentary submitted as a D.Phil. thesis to the Faculty of
Literae Humaniores in the University of Oxford in 1987. The original commentary, though
considerably shortened overall, has been expanded in many places to take into account
material that has come to my attention since then. A text, an apparatus criticus, a
translation, and a general introduction have been added. The text and apparatus rely
entirely on the manuscript readings reported by earlier editors, above all Klotz, Garrod,
and Hill. The translation can lay no claim to literary merit, but seeks merely to provide
a reasonably accurate key to a difficult text without wholly sacrificing the flavour and
exuberance of the original. The introduction is intended to offer some information on Statius'
life, on the themes and content of the Thebaid, and on Statius' enormous influence on later
literature.
Both thesis and book were supervised at every stage by Professor R. G. M. Nisbet, from
whose erudition and common sense I have profited on every page. For two terms his place
was taken by my former undergraduate tutor Mr Adrian Hollis, whose great knowledge and
understanding of both Hellenistic and Roman poetry enriched the commentary enormously.
Mr Jasper Griffin and Dr Dennis Feeney, who examined the thesis, also made many helpful
suggestions. Still further references I owe to Dr Martin Cropp, Dr Claire Gruzelier, Mrs
Ariel Herrmann, Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones, and Miss Ute Wartenberg. From 1985 to 1989 I was
honoured to hold a Senior Scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford: the generosity of that
institution enabled me to complete and revise the thesis at a pace dictated by scholarly
considerations rather than by grim financial necessity. To the staff of the library at Christ
Church, as also to the staff of the Bodleian Library, I am greatly indebted. Dr John Dillon,
against almost overwhelming odds, helped with the preparation of the typescript, and the
expertise and vigilance of the editors of the Oxford University Press have saved me from
countless errors and inconsistencies. Among those many friends whose help took the form of
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encouragement and support, I should particularly like to thank Miss Sarah Graham, Mr David
Herrmann, Miss Sophie Mills, and Dr Simon Walker. To all those named above I am deeply
grateful.
MICHAEL DEWAR
Calgary
December 1989
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ABBREVIATIONS
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ABBREVIATIONS
Amar–Lemaire Thebais P. Papinii Statii cum varietate
lectionum et selectis variorum
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