Digitized Manuscripts and Printed Editions
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Manuscripts

Carpentras, Bibliothèque municipale
     369 - a few portions available via Initiale and BVMM
Cologny-Genève, Bibliotheca Bodmeriana
     90
     154
Dublin, National Library of Ireland
     MS. G 3
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy
     MS. D iv 2
Firenze, Biblioteca Laurenziana Medicea
     Acq. e doni 233
     Plut. 29.32
Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit
     BPL 136K
     BPL 101A
     BPL 2585
     Gronov. 14
     Voss. lat. O. 62
     Voss. lat. O. 83
     Voss. lat. Q. 114
London, British Library
     Burney 257
     Harley 2636
     Royal 15.C.X
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
     Clm. 14420
New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
     Marston 42
     MS 712.82
New York, Columbia University Library, Plimpton Collection
     Ms. 121
     Ms. 122
     Ms. 136
Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame Library
     Ms. 58
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
     lat. 7936
     lat. 8051
     lat. 8052
     lat. 8054
     lat. 8061
     lat. 8282
     lat. 8413
     lat. 8559
     lat. 10317
     lat. 13046
Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek
     Cod. 865
Toulouse, Bibliothèque communale
     808
Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale
     Ms. 394
Vaticano, città del, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
     Barb. lat. 135
     Vat. lat. 3279
     Vat. lat. 3280
     Vat. lat. 3595
     Vat. lat. 3875
Wien, Österreischische Nationalbibliothek
     Cod. 128
     Cod. 140
     Cod. 10174, ff. 182r–196r
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek
     C. 62

 

 

Printed Editions

1470-71
Roma?. [Thebaid] (with commentary on Book 1); [Achilleid] (with commentary)
1473 [Parma?: Stephanus Corallus], before Mar. 23, 1473. [Thebaid]; [Achilleid] ISTC is00701000
1473 Parma: Stephanus Corallus, Aug. 31, 1473. [Catulli Carmina, Statii Silvae], ed. F. Puteolanus. ISTC ic00321000
1475
Rome: Pannartz. Statii Sylvae cum Domitii commentariis
ca. 1476
Brixiae (Brescia): Henricus de Colonia. Ex Emendatione et interpretatione Domitii Calderini Veronensis Statii Papinii Neapolitani Sylvarum liber primus ad Stellam. Link (imperfect).
1476-77 L. Papinii Statii Svrcvli Tholosani Thebaidos liber primvs (...duodecimus) with the commentary of Lactantius Placidus (2 voll.)
1483
Venetiis (Venice): Octavianus Scotus. Statii Sylvae cum Domitii commentariis, Statii Thebais cum Lactantii commentariis, Statii Achilleis cum Maturantii commentariis. Domitii Elucubratio in quaedam Propertii loca. Link.
1486
Venice. Decii Iunii Iuuenalis Aquinatis Satyra prima, ed. G. Valla, fol. diiiir, ad 4.94: Fragmentum de bello germanico. Link.
1498/9
Statii Syluae cum Domitii commentariis et auancii sui emendationibus Statii Thebais cum Lactantii commentariis. Statii Achilleis cum Maturantii commentariis. Domitii alie annotationes,1498/9 Jan.–1499 Jul.
1508
Statii Syluae cum Domitii commentariis et auancii sui emendationibus Statii Thebais cum Lactantii commentariis. Statii Achilleis cum Maturantii commentariis. Domitii alie annotationes
1513
Sylvarum libri V cum praefatione Hieronymi Aleandri Mottensis and Statii Papinii... Sylvarum liber primus (...quintus)
1516
Venezia: Alexandri Paganini. Commentarii Ioannis Britannici in Iuvenalem cum Gratia a Ducali Dominio Venetiarum nequis alius eos intra decennium imprimat [Annotationes quaedam Ioannis Britannici in Asinum Apuleii et Silvas Statii. Vita Juvenalis] (notes on 1.1.57, 1.2.6, 1.3.37, 1.4.58, 1.4.94, 1.5.32, 5.1.16, 5.1.146, 5.3.31, 5.3.64, 5.3.87, 5.3.154, 5.5.50, 5.5.68, 2.1.128, 2.1.144, 2.1.164, 2.6.42, 3.3.16, 3.4.70, 3.5.79, 4.1.37, and 4.2.18)
1519
1519, Venezia: Aldus and Andreas Socer. Statii Sylvarum libri V. Thebaidos libri XII. Achilleidos libri II. Orthographia et flexus dictionum, second edition
1530
Paris: Simon Colinaeus. Statii Sylvarum libri V. Thebaidos libri XII. Achilleidos libri II; Orthographia et flexus dictionum. Link.
1541
Statii Papinii Neapolitani Sylvarum libri quinque. Thebaidos libri duodecim. Achilleidos libri duo (with an abbreviated version of the Orthographia et flexus). Link; Link.
1570
1570, Venetia. La Thebaide ... ridotta dal Sig. E. di Valvasone in ottava rima [With annotations by P. Targa.]
1598
1598, Genève: Antonius Candidus. P. Statii Papinii Opera quae extant. Joh. Bernartius ad libros veteres recensuit et scholiis illustravit
1599
Antwerp, 1599
1600
1600, Paris: A. Perier [Plantiniana]. Fridericus Tiliobroga [F. Lindenbrog], ed., Papinii Surculi Statii opera quae extant. Placidi Lactantii in Thebaida et Achilleida commentus ex bibliotheca Fr. Pithoei I.C.
1606
Ingolstadt: Adam Sartorius. Papinii Svrcvli Statii Opera quae extant. Sylvarum Libri V. Thebaidos Libri XII. Achilleidos Libri V. Link.
1601
Pont-à-Mousson, apud Melchiorem Bernardum. In P. Statii Papinii Thebaidis libros IIII commentarii et in totidem sequentes notae, ed. J. Barclay. Link.
1601
1601, Pont-à-Mousson. J. Barclaius, ed., Thebais
1608
Lugduni, apud Ioan. Pillehotte, P. Statii Papinii Opera quae extant. Io. Bernartius ad libros veteros recensuit et scholiis illustrauit, adiectis hac postrema editione ad Syluarum libros obseruationibus
1612
1612, Genève: Petrus et Iacobus Chouët. P. Statii Papinii Opera quae extant. Io. Bernartius ad libros veteros recensuit et scholiis illustrauit, adiectis hac postrema editione ad Syluarum libros obseruationibus
1625
1625, Leiden: Petrus Rigaub. Joh. Bernartius, ed., P. Statii Papinii Opera quae extant
1637
1637, 's-Gravenhage: Theodorus Maire. Johannes Fredericus Gronovius, In P. Papinii Statii Silvarum libros V diatribe ad Th. Graswinckelium... Gustus ad Achilleida
1640
1640, Paris: Guilelmus Pelé. J.F. Gronovius, Elenchus Antidiatribes Mercurii Frondatoris ad P. Papinii Statii Syluas
s. XVII med.
Paris?. M. de Marolles, ed., Avertissement sur la Thébaïde de Stace (with extracts from the Thebaid, Achilleid and Silvae). Link.
1658
Paris: S. Huré and F. Léonard. P. Statii Papinii Thebaidos libri duodecim cum notis Francisci Guieti, ... Jo. Peyrardi, ... et aliorum. La Thébaïde de Stace, avec les remarques en latin et en françois ... . Les Sylves et l’Achilléide de Stace, avec des remarques en latin et en françois. Ed. and trans. M. de Marolles. 3 vols. Vol. 1.; Vol. 2.; Vol. 3.
1664
Cygneae (Zwickau): Göpner. P. Papinii Statii quae extant ex recensione et cum animdversionibus locupletis Casparis Barthii. Vol. 1.
1671
1671, Leiden: Hackniana. Johann Veenhusen, ed., P. Papinii Statii Sylvarum lib. V. Thebaidos lib. XII. Achilleidos lib. II., notis selectissimis in Sylvarum libros Domitii, Morelli, Bernartii, Gevartii, Crucei, Barthii, J.F. Gronovii Diatribe: In Thebaidos praeterea P. Lactantii, Bernartii, etc., quibus in Achilleidos accedunt Maturantii, Britannici, accuratissime illustrati
1678
Paris: Langlois. M. de Marolles, trans., L'Achilleyde de Stace, traduite en vers avec le commencement de la Thébaïde et ce qui se lit de la guerre écrit avec tant d'élégance dans le VIIe livre du même ouvrage; ce qui est suivi de la version de quel-ques-unes des Sylves de ce poète. Link.
1712
1712, Venezia: N. Pezzana. P. Papinii Statii Opera ex recensione et cum notis I. Frederici Gronovii
1727
1727, London: for Bernard Lintot. W. Harte, trans., Poems on Several Occasions: includes "The Army of Adrastus, and his allies, marching from Argos to the siege of Thebes from the 4th of Statius" [Theb. 4.16–30], pp. 75–77; "Argument to the whole Thebaid" [actually to Theb. 1–6], pp. 105–108; "The sixth Thebaid of Statius," pp. 109–80; and "Notes upon the Sixth Thebaid of Statius," pp. 181–225
1728
1728, London: W. Bowyer. Jer. Markland, ed., Libri quinque Silvarum. Ex vetustis exemplaribus recensuit et notas atque emendationes adiecit Ier. Markland
1778
1778, Warrington: W. Eyres. Publii Papinii Statii Opera. Vol. 1; Vol. 2
1785
1785, Strasbourg: Treuttel and Würtz (typographia societatis Bipontinae). Statii Opera ad optimas editiones collata. Praemittitur notitia literaria studiis societatis Bipontinae
1786
Venice. Opera ex recensione Io. Veenhusen cum notis selectioribus. 2 vols. Vol. 1; Vol. 2
1812
1812, Leipzig: Ger. Fleischer/Berlin: Moyer und Müller. F. Hand, ed., Iohannis Frederici Gronovii in P. Papinii Statii Silvarum Libros V Diatribe. Nova editio ab ipso auctore correcta, interpolata, aucta. Accessit Emerici Crucei antidiatribe, Gronovii elenchus antidiatribes et Crucei muscarium. Vol. 1; Vol. 2
1814
1817, London, for Robert Baldwin. Charles Abraham Elton, trans., Specimens of the Classic Poets in a Chronological Series, from Homer to Tryphiodorus, vol 3 (Vita, pp. 91-94; Theb. 4.730–830 ("Hypsipyle Discovers Water to the Grecian Army, Confederated Against Thebes"), pp. 95–101; 5.499–637 ("Death of the Infant Archemorus"), pp. 102–11; Silv. 3.5 ("To his Wife Claudia on his Intended Retirement to Naples"), pp.112–18; Silv. 5.4 ("To Sleep"), pp. 119–20). Link.
1817
1817, Leipzig: Göschen. F. Hand, ed., Silvae (1.1-3). Recensuit et cum notis Gronovii Marklandi aliorumque et suis edidit Ferd. Hand
1824
1824, London: A.J. Valpy. Opera omnia ex editione Bipontina cum notis et interpretatione in usum Delphini variis lectionibus notis variorum recensu editionum et codicum et indice locupletissimo accurate recensita. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4
1825-30
1825-30, Paris: J. Didot/Hachette. I.A. Amar and N.E. Lemaire, edd., Sylvarum libri V, Thebaidos libri XII et Achilleidos libri II cum variis lectionibus et selectis Marklandii aliorumque noti, quibus suas addiderunt I.A. Amar et N.E. Lemaire. Cum indice. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4
1829-32
1829-32, Paris: Panckoucke. Oeuvres complètes, traduction nouvelle par Rinn, Achaintre et L. Bouteville (with Latin and French) (Silvae 1-2 translated by L.-W. Rinn; Silvae 3-5 and Thebaid 1-4 translated by N.-L. Achaintre; Thebaid 5-12 and Achilleid 1-2 translated by M.-L. Boutteville). Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4
1835-36
1835-36, Paris: Panckoucke. Fr. Dubner, ed., Opera quae extant cum notis aliorum et suis edidit Fr. Dubner
1837
Leipzig. Fr. Dubner, ed., Opera quae extant cum notis aliorum et suis edidit Fr. Dubner. Link.
1845
Paris. Fr. Dubner, ed., Opera quae extant cum notis aliorum et suis edidit Fr. Dubner. Link.
1849
1849, London. W.S. Walker, ed., Corpus poetarum latinorum. Sylvarum libri I-V, Thebaidos libri I-XII, Achilleidos libri I-II (a reprint of the 1828 edition)
1851
1851, Paris: Dubochet. J.-M.-N.-D. Nisard, trans., Stace, Martial, Manilius, Lucilius Junior, Rutilius, Gratius Faliscus, Némésianus et Calpurnius; oeuvres complètes avec la traduction en français
1854
1854, Leipzig: Teubner. G. Queck, ed., Opera
1855
1855, Madrid. D. Adolfo de Castro, ed., Curiosidades bibliográficas, Biblioteca de autores españoles 36: La Tebaida, de Estacio, traducida por el licenciado Juan de Arjona: Vol. 1 Vol. 2
1862
1862, Edinburgh: R. and R. Clark for Edmonston and Douglas. D'Arcy W. Thompson, ed. and trans., Ancient Leaves, or Translations and Paraphrases from Poets of Greece and Rome: facing Latin and English translations of Theb. 2.32–42 ("Cape Matapan," pp. 148–49), Theb. 1.303–11 ("The Descent of Mercury," pp. 150–51), Silv. 5.5.79–87 ("On the Death of a Child," pp. 152–53), Silv. 2.4.16–37 ("Poor Poll," pp. 154–57), Theb. 1.364–82 ("Polynices in the Storm," pp. 158–59), and Silv. 5.4 (as 5.14) ("To Sleep," pp. 170–71)]
1868
1868, Neustrelitz: G. Barnewitz. R. Unger, ed., P. Papinii Statii Ecloga ultima. Emendatiorem edidit Robertus Unger. Accedunt ejusdem de Statii locis controversiis conjectanea
1869
1869, Oxford: Clarendon Press. N. Pinder, ed., Selections from the Less Known Latin Poets (Silv. 2.1.1-68 and 208-34, 2.2.1-97, 2.7.19-80, 3.5, and 5.3.209-65; Theb. 7.760-823; and Ach. 1.816-84
1870
1870, Leipzig: Teubner. Otto Müller, ed., Thebais et Achilleis cum scholiis. Vol. I: Thebaidos libri I-VI
1876
1876, Leipzig: Teubner. Em. Baehrens, ed., Silvae
1884
1884, Leipzig: Teubner. Philipp Kohlmann, ed., Thebais
1888
Madrid. La Tebaida por Publio Papinio Estacio traducida en verso castellano por el licenciado Juan de Arjona, Biblioteca Clásica 109-110, 2 vols. Vol. 1; Vol. 2
1898
Vollmer, F., ed., Silvarum libri (Leipzig: Teubner, 1898)
1900
Klotz, A., ed., Silvae (Leipzig, 1900)
1902
Klotz, A., ed., Achilleis (Leipzig, 1902)
1904
J.P. Postgate, ed., Corpus Poetarum Latinorum, 2 vols. London. Link. (Theb. 2:308–85; Ach. 2:420–29; Silv. 2:386–419; Bellum germ. 2:430.
1906
Garrod, H.W., ed., Stati Thebais et Achilleis [with the Fragmentum de bello Germanico] (Oxford, 1906)
1906
MacKail, J.W., ed., The Hundred Best Poems (Lyrical) in the Latin Language (London: Gowans and Gray, Ltd., 1906), pp. 81-82 [Silv. 5.4]
1908
Slater, D.A., The Silvae of Statius (Oxford, 1908) [translation into English]
1908
Klotz, A., ed., Thebais (Leipzig, 1908)
1913
Rotterdam. Statii Achilleis brevissima annotatione critica, locis quibusdam parallelis vel comparandis, commentario exegetico instructa, ed. M.R.J. Brinkgreve, Inaugural Dissertation, 2 vols. Link.
1928
Mozley, J.H., ed. and trans., Opera (London, 1928), Vol. 1; Vol. 2