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. et Phaethontea mundum squalere favilla,
  2. nil actum, neque tu valida quod cuspide late
  3. ire per inlicitum pelago, germane, dedisti,
  4. nunc geminas punire domos, quis sanguinis auctor
  5. ipse ego, descendo. Perseos alter in Argos
  6. scinditur, Aonias fluit hic ab origine Thebas.
  7. mens cunctis imposta manet 2: quis funera Cadmi
  8. nesciat et totiens excitam a sedibus imis
  9. Eumenidum bellasse aciem, mala gaudia matrum
  10. erroresque feros nemorum et reticenda deorum
  11. crimina? vix lucis spatio, vix noctis abactae
    12. [*](exsaturabile P: also D, with exsatiabile written over: exsuperabile ω. )[*](imposta manet Pω: infausta, infesta, etc., edd: movet B Guyet: manet D with movet written over. the dragon's teeth. crimes committed by or against the gods. The latter mean- )
    v.1.p.358
  12. enumerare queam mores gentemque profanam.
  13. scandere quin etiam thalamos hic impius heres
  14. patris et immeritae gremium incestare parentis
  15. appetiit, proprios—monstrum 1!—revolutus in ortus,
  16. ille tamen superis aeterna piacula solvit
  17. proiecitque diem, nec iam amplius aethere nostro
  18. vescitur; at nati—facinus sine more!—cadentes
  19. calcavere oculos, iam, iam rata vota tulisti,
  20. dire senex! meruere tuae, meruere tenebrae