What does this research mean for the field?

Johannes Fredericus Gronovius's notes in the manuscript Ms. lat. 4° 522 offer specific textual observations that elucidate Book 5 of Statius's Thebaid. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to provide a detailed commentary on Statius's Thebaid 5 as presented by Gronovius.

July 4, 2026Open Access

COMMENTO ALLE NOTE A TEBAIDE 5 DELLE SCHOLAE PRIVATAE IN PUBLII PAPINII STATII THEBAIDA DI GRONOVIUS (BERLIN, STAATSBIBLIOTHEK-PREUßISCHER KULTURBESITZ, MS. LAT. 4° 522)

Key Points

The aim is to provide a detailed commentary on Statius's Thebaid 5 as presented by Gronovius.
Offering a commentary on Statius’s Thebaid 5 from Gronovius's Scholae privatae.
Accompanying the critical edition in the current issue.
Focusing on textual observations and their implications.
Highlights key textual observations in Thebaid 5.
Enhances understanding of Statius's literary techniques and choices.

Abstract

Abstract This article offers a commentary on the section devoted to Statius, Thebaid 5 in Johannes Fredericus Gronovius’s Scholae privatae in Publii Papinii Statii Thebaida (Berlin, Staatsbibliothek-Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. lat. 4° 522). It accompanies the critical edition of this section published in the present issue, and concentrates on the textual observations contained in this section of the Scholae .

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