Abstract
The influence of the Argonautica of Valerius Flaccus on the Achilleid of Statius has received little attention from the scholars. A close examination of Statius’ second epic reveals however a deep impregnation by the work of his Flavian predecessor, on many levels : from an occasional reminiscence brought by a contextual similitude to a deliberate allusive strategy. I have tried to classify and study the different types of Valerian reminiscences in the Achilleid from the point of view of its intellectual genesis : incident memory, derived memory, combined memory, diffuse memory, and allusive memory. This inquiry throws light both on Statius’ poetical technique and on Valerius’ literary posterity
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