ament ▁for ▁Stati us ' ▁slave ▁boy ▁whom ▁he ▁n urt ured . ▁The ▁poet ▁says ▁that ▁he ▁cannot ▁keep ▁writing ▁his ▁Ach ille id ▁and ▁he ▁an gr ily ▁bl ames ▁the ▁gods ▁for ▁the ▁death . ▁ ▁In flu ence ▁Pan eg yr ical ▁and ▁occas ional ▁poetry ▁after ▁Stati us ▁was ▁strongly ▁influenced ▁by ▁his ▁work . ▁Stat ian ▁influence ▁can ▁be ▁particularly ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Claud ian ▁and ▁N emes ian us . ▁In ▁the ▁Renaissance , ▁the ▁Silva e ▁received ▁modern ▁comment aries , ▁first ▁by ▁Dom izio ▁Cal der ini ▁( 1 4 6 9 ) ▁and ▁more ▁important ly ▁by ▁Ang elo ▁Pol iz iano ▁( 1 4 8 0 ) ▁who ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁popular izing ▁the ▁collection ▁to ▁western ▁literature ▁and ▁writing ▁an ▁extensive ▁comment ary . ▁Pol iz iano ▁first ▁connected ▁sil va e ▁with ▁Quint ilian ' s ▁remarks ▁and ▁appreciated ▁Stati us ' ▁learned ▁style ; ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁po ems ▁even ▁used ▁the ▁Silva e ▁as ▁models , ▁and ▁he ▁published ▁his ▁own ▁collection ▁of ▁Syl va e . ▁Pol iz iano ' s ▁poetry ▁inspired ▁others ▁and ▁founded ▁the ▁convention ▁of ▁naming ▁any ▁collection ▁of ▁occas ional ▁poetry ▁Syl va e . ▁To ▁this ▁genre , ▁Julius ▁Ca esar ▁S cal iger ▁added ▁the ▁ancient ▁convention ▁of ▁formal izing ▁sub gen res , ▁such ▁as ▁ep ith al am ia ▁and ▁prop empt ica . ▁In ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 0 , ▁the