▁and ▁pro se ▁which ▁is ▁mostly ▁lost ▁today , ▁but ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁works ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁La us ▁P ison is ▁and ▁the ▁E leg iae ▁in ▁Ma ec en atem . ▁Cat ull us ▁and ▁his ▁collection ▁of ▁polym et ric ▁poetry ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁important ▁insp iration ▁for ▁Stati us . ▁Several ▁of ▁his ▁po ems ▁employ ▁Cat ull us ' ▁favorite ▁meter , ▁h ende c asy ll ables ▁and ▁cover ▁a ▁diverse ▁range ▁of ▁them es ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁variety ▁in ▁Cat ull us ' ▁work , ▁although ▁Stati us ▁avoid s ▁the ▁inve ct ive ▁tone ▁of ▁Cat ull us ▁except ▁in ▁jest ▁at ▁ 4 . 9 . ▁Hor ace ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁important ▁model , ▁whose ▁influence ▁is ▁particularly ▁felt ▁in ▁Stati us ' ▁ly ric ▁compos itions ▁( 4 . 5 , 7 ) ▁and ▁in ▁his ▁ep ist le ▁( 4 . 4 ). ▁The ▁narr ative ▁style ▁of ▁O vid ▁can ▁be ▁detected ▁in ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Pan ▁in ▁ 2 . 3 . ▁Vir g ilian ▁references ▁ab ound ; ▁many ▁of ▁Stati us ' ▁ex emp la ▁in ▁the ▁po ems ▁derive ▁from ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁A ene id ▁and ▁most ▁po ems ▁reference ▁Vir g il ▁in ▁some ▁way . ▁Finally , ▁Luc an ' s ▁poetry ▁serves ▁as ▁an ▁insp iration ▁for ▁ 2 . 7 . ▁On ▁the ▁Greek ▁side , ▁we ▁learn ▁from ▁the ▁l ament ▁for ▁his ▁father ▁ 5 . 3