 The rest of the "Silvae" consist of congratulatory addresses to friends, and poems for special occasions such as the wedding poem for Stella and Violentilla (2.2), the poem commemorating the poet Lucan's birthday (2.7), and a joking piece to Plotius Grypus on a Saturnalia gift (4.9).As with the "Thebaid", Statius' relationship to Domitian and his court caused him to fall out of favor with critics and readers, but in recent times, the "Silvae" have been rehabilitated by scholars.Domitian is an important presence in the "Silvae", and many of the poems appear to flatter the emperor and court.