1) Epic poem in Latin 2) Poetry by Statius
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The Achilleid (Achilleis) is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth through his death at Troy. Only about one and a half books (1,127 dactylic hexameters) were completed before the poet`s death. What remains is an account of the hero`s early life with Chiron the centau.....
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(from the article `Statius`) Statius completed one epic, the 12-book Thebaid, but only two books of another, the Achilleid. The Thebaid, a more ambitious work, describes the ...
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