About the book: 1991 / More than three hundred years after Dante, Europe saw Statius as one of the greatest poets, and thus, for over one and a half thousand years, Publius Papinius Statius was impeccable poetic authority for Europeans who read Latin. The publication includes the work of Publius Papinius “Thebaid” in twelve books. As an addition, the book includes “Contents of the “Thebaid” Station in verses composed by the ancients” Translation by Yu. A. Shichalin, edited S. V. Shervinsky. Final article, notes and indexes by Yu. A. Shichalin.