Statius, P: P. Papini Stati Thebais (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from P. Papini Stati ThebaisSilvas atque Achilleidem postquam paucis ante annis recensuìmus, restabat manus multo difficilius atque amplius Thebaidis edendae. Nam in Silvis uno codice contentum esse licuìt, ìn Achilleide paucis. At longe aliter res se habet in Thebaide. Quae cum inde decimo saecula usque ad quin tum decimum saepissme transcripta. Sit, plurimi eius operis codices aetatem tulerunt. Ex his qui mihi innotuerunt qui busque usus textum constitui, prim0 capite describam. Dein cum in duas aberint stirpes (p et w) codices Thebaidis, de codicum altera stirpe agam, tertio capite quae ratio inter cedat inter hanc stirpem et Puteaneum quaerendum crit. In ealce praefafi0nis nomina. Eorum, qui in apparatu critico com memorabuntur, te quo quisque loco sua. Protulerit, indicabo.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.