The paper focuses on the rhetorical strategies adopted by Statius, in his Silvae, when addressing elements of his patrons’ biography that could not be easily portrayed in a positive light. The complementary models of Pindar and Ovid (esp. his exile poetry) provide different ways to describe misfortunes as potential achievements; Statius, accordingly, combines these two literary models to give a fully positive encomium of his laudandi.
Pitta', A., Un encomio 'alla greca'? Le Silvae di Stazio, Pindaro, l'Ovidio dell'esilio, in De Gianni, D., Piras, A., Pohl, K. (ed.), Studi sul panegirico antico. Temi, intertestualità, strategie retorico-argomentative / Studien zur antiken Panegyrik. Themen, Intertextualität, Rhetorik und Argumentationsstrategien, ETS, Pisa 2026: <<TESTI E STUDI DI CULTURA CLASSICA>>, 104 141- 165 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/349136]
Un encomio 'alla greca'? Le Silvae di Stazio, Pindaro, l'Ovidio dell'esilio
Pitta', Antonino
2026
Abstract
The paper focuses on the rhetorical strategies adopted by Statius, in his Silvae, when addressing elements of his patrons’ biography that could not be easily portrayed in a positive light. The complementary models of Pindar and Ovid (esp. his exile poetry) provide different ways to describe misfortunes as potential achievements; Statius, accordingly, combines these two literary models to give a fully positive encomium of his laudandi.
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