Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus

Claudian

Claudian, Volume 1. Platnauer, Maurice, editor. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA; London, England, 1922.

  1. angustant aditum curvis anfractibus Alpes
  2. claustraque congestis scopulis durissima tendunt,
  3. non alia reseranda manu, sed pervia tantum
  4. Augusto geminisque fidem mentita tyrannis.
  5. semirutae turres avulsaque moenia fumant;
  6. crescunt in cumulum strages vallemque profundam
  7. aequavere iugis; stagnant inmersa cruore
  8. corpora; turbantur permixto funere manes.
  9. Haud procul exhausto laetus certamine victor
  10. caespite gramineo consederat arbore fultus
  11. adclines umeros; dominum gavisa coronat
  12. terra suum, surguntque toris maioribus herbae.
  13. sudor adhuc per membra calet creberque recurrit