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- The Achilleid (/ˌækɪˈliːɪd/; Latin: Achillēis) is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles...
- collection of occasional poetry, the Silvae; and an unfinished epic, the Achilleid. He is also known for his appearance as a guide in the Purgatory section...
- tent. Dictys Cretensis, 4.15 Statius, Achilleid 296 Hyginus, Fabulae 96 Bion of Smyrna, Poems 2 Statius, Achilleid 640 Apollodorus, 3.13.8 Epic Cycle Fragments...
- relationships as a form of initiation.:  114  However, Statius in the Achilleid states that the two were either within the same age group or acted as...
- Statius (a Roman poet of the 1st century AD) in his unfinished work, the Achilleid, although Homer clearly contradicts him. According to Ptolemy Hephaestion...
- with an arrow. Later legends (beginning with Statius' unfinished epic Achilleid, written in the 1st century AD) state that Achilles was invulnerable in...
- P. J. Heslin, The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius’ Achilleid, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 2005, 166–169. Nelson, Thomas...
- down in detail in some later versions of the story, particularly the Achilleid by the Roman poet Statius. The story of how Achilles disguised himself...
- Achilles, Odysseus and several other Achaean leaders are described in the Achilleid as having gone to Skyros to find him. Odysseus discovered Achilles by...
- Gr**** text available from the same website. Publius Papinius Statius, The Achilleid translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb classical Library Volumes. Cambridge,...