Statius

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6 mentions 4 recordings first heard Jul 2026 last heard 30 Aug ↑6 vs the 12 months before

Roman poet, mentioned as a predecessor beyond whom Dante moves

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Mark ScarbroughWalking With Dante · Testing Theology With Optics: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 85 -... · 20:58 · 30 Aug
…And we've already encountered this with Statius' discourse on embryology, with Virgil's discourses on love, with Virgil's many discourses about how the universe works.…
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Mark ScarbroughWalking With Dante · Mixed Metaphors and the Limits of Human Senses: PARADISO, Ca... · 8:30 · 26 Aug
…You'll see this idea of the principles that predict the final outcome of the thing itself, a human fetus in Statius' discourse.…
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Mark ScarbroughWalking With Dante · Mixed Metaphors and the Limits of Human Senses: PARADISO, Ca... · 8:27 · 26 Aug
…Go back to Statius' embryology discussion.…
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Mark ScarbroughWalking With Dante · Go Home: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 18 · 8:16 · 16 Aug
…So I can now say: this is not Virgil, this……
Mark ScarbroughWalking With Dante · Go Home: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 18 · 5:33 · 16 Aug
…He is not following Statius as he might have been.…
Mark ScarbroughWalking With Dante · Welcome to a Renegotiated Poem: PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 1 -... · 1:33 · 26 Jul
…Yet at the same time, Dante has stepped beyond all……
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