"It may be remarked of Statius's heroes, that an air of impetuosity runs through them all; the same horrid and savage courage appears in his Capaneus, Tydeus, Hippomedon, etc. They have a parity of character which makes them seem brothers of one family."
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Alexander Pope, Preface to The Iliad of Homer (1715)
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Statius
Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45 – c. 96) was a Roman poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature.
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