Statius, Publius Papinius°
STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS°
STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS ° (c. 45–96), Roman poet. He referred to the fall of Jerusalem and of Judea (which he calls Idyme, i.e., Idumea) at the hands of Titus and Vespasian (Silvae 5:2, 138) and the triumphs celebrated by them in 71 c.e. (Silvae 3:3, 138–42). He also praised the date groves of the country and the balsam which he described as "Hebrew juices."
bibliography:
M. Stern, Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, vol. 1 (1974), 515–20.
[Jacob Petroff /
Shimon Gibson (2nd ed.)]
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