Liber Peristephanon

Prudentius

Prudentius, Volume 2. Thomson, H. J, editor. London; Cambridge, Mass.: William Heinemann Ltd., Harvard University Press, 1953 (printing).

  1. intrant interea locum rotunda
  2. conclusum cavea, madens ferarum
  3. multo sanguine quem furor frequentat,
  4. cum spectacula perstrepunt cruenta
  5. ac vilis gladiator ense duro
  6. percussus cadit et fremit voluptas.
  7. hic flammante pyra niger minister
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  8. ardens supplicium parare iussus
  9. construxit facibus rogum supremis,
  10. qui, dum corpora concremanda 1 solvit,
  11. ferventes animas amore lucis
  12. fracto carceris expediret antro.
  13. certant officiis pii sodales:
  14. plantis calciamenta dissolutis
  15. pronus detrahere studebat unus,
  16. sed sanctus vetat ora Fructuosus
  17. inclinata premi: facessite, inquit,
  18. ‘nec nostram gravet obsequella mortem.
  19. atquin ipse meos pedes resolvam,
  20. ne vestigia praepedita vinclis