Thebais

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)

Statius, P. Papinius. Statius, Volumes 1-2. Mozley, John Henry, editor. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

  1. notum iter ad Thebas: neque enim velocior ullas
  2. itque reditque vias cognatave Tartara mavult,
  3. centum illi stantes umbrabant ora cerastae,
  4. turba minax [*]() diri capitis; sedet intus abaetis
  5. ferrea lux oculis, qualis per nubila Phoebes
  6. Atracia rubet arte labor; suffusa veneno
  7. tenditur ac sanie gliscit cutis; igneus atro
  8. ore vapor, quo longa sitis morbique famesque
  9. et populis mors una venit; riget horrida tergo
  10. palla, et caerulei redeunt in pectora nodi:
  11. Atropos hos atque ipsa novat Proserpina cultus,
  12. tunc geminas quatit ira manus: haec igne rogali
  13. fulgurat, haec vivo manus aera verberat hydro.
  14. Ut stetit, abrupta qua plurimus arce Cithaeron
  15. occurrit caelo, fera sibila crine virenti
  16. congeminat. signum terris, unde omnis Achaei
  17. ora maris late Pelopeaque regna resultant,
  18. audiit et medius caeli Parnassos et asper
  19. Eurotas, dubiamque iugo fragor impulit Oeten
    20. [*](minax Lachmann: minor Pω. to be an entrance to the underworld. half of the crowd of snakes, or as the small fry, compared with the big snake in the Fury's hand (113). and witches, cf, iii. 140. )
    v.1.p.350
  20. in latus, et geminis vix fluctibus obstitit Isthmos.