id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
nc580k24j8v	Amanda M. Weppler	Dante's Stazio: Statius and the Transformations of Poetry	1904		.txt	text/plain	363	15	47	The changes Dante introduces into Stazio's biography illuminate the functions the poet intended Stazio to have in the Commedia. There is evidence to suggest that scenes from the later books of the Thebaid, either the story of Menoeceus' sacrifice or the prayers to Clementia, or both, may have influenced Dante's decision to Christianize Stazio.	cache/nc580k24j8v.txt	txt/nc580k24j8v.txt