In	IN	O
his	PP$	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Thebaid	NNS	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
(	(	O
e.g.	FW	O
9	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
570-670	CD	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	B-REFSCOPE
712-736	CD	I-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Siluae	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
Statius	NP	B-AAUTHOR
co-opts	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
feminine	JJ	O
genre	NN	O
of	IN	O
lamentation	NN	O
,	,	O
traditionally	RB	O
constructed	VBN	O
as	IN	O
dangerous	JJ	O
and	CC	O
excessive	JJ	O
,	,	O
in	IN	O
order	NN	O
to	TO	O
seduce	VB	O
his	PP$	O
audience	NN	O
with	IN	O
the	DT	O
grim	JJ	O
pleasure	NN	O
of	IN	O
indulging	VBG	O
in	IN	O
grief	NN	O
.	SENT	O

By	IN	O
moving	VBG	O
women	NNS	O
's	POS	O
voices	NNS	O
close	VB	O
to	TO	O
the	DT	O
center	NN	O
of	IN	O
his	PP$	O
epic	NN	O
,	,	O
Statius	NP	B-AAUTHOR
turns	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Thebaid	NNS	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
into	IN	O
a	DT	O
platform	NN	O
of	IN	O
consolatory	JJ	O
public	JJ	O
discourse	NN	O
similar	JJ	O
to	TO	O
the	DT	O
consolations	NNS	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Siluae	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
(	(	O
e.g.	FW	O
,	,	O
5	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
5	CD	B-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE

This	DT	O
program	NN	O
contrasts	VBZ	O
with	IN	O
that	DT	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
philosophical	JJ	O
«	)	O
consolatio	NN	O
»	(	O
,	,	O
which	WDT	O
relegates	VBZ	O
violent	JJ	O
laments	NNS	O
to	TO	O
a	DT	O
position	NN	O
outside	IN	O
the	DT	O
scope	NN	O
of	IN	O
civilized	JJ	O
self-expression	NN	O
.	SENT	O