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. quem prius heroum, Clio, dabis? immodicum irae
    2. [*](spirare, P l, Heinsius, Bentley: sperare Prω. )[*](teque o P (with u written over the first e): tuque o ω, tuque ut Lachmann. )[*](mature Lachmann: maturi Pω. )[*](Pierio P (laurigero written over by a later hand): laurigero ω. and Dacians, and to the part he took in the fighting on the Capitol between Flavians and Vitellians in A.D. 69. )
    v.1.p.344
  2. Tydea? laurigeri subitos an vatis hiatus?
  3. urget et hostilem propellens caedibus amnem
  4. turbidus Hippomedon, plorandaque bella protervi
  5. Arcados atque alio Capaneus horrore canendus.
  6. Impia iam merita scrutatus lumina dextra
  7. merserat aeterna damnatum nocte pudorem
  8. Oedipodes longaque animam sub morte [*]() tenebat,
  9. illum indulgentem tenebris imaeque recessu
  10. sedis inaspectos caelo radiisque penates
  11. servantem tamen adsiduis circumvolat alis
  12. saeva dies animi, scelerumque in pectore Dirae,
  13. tunc vacuos orbes, crudum ac miserabile vitae
  14. supplicium, ostentat caelo manibusque cruentis
  15. pulsat inane solum saevaque ita voce precatur:
  16. ‘di, sontes animas angustaque Tartara poenis
  17. qui regitis, tuque umbrifero Styx livida fundo,
  18. quam video, multumque mihi consueta vocari
  19. adnue. Tisiphone, perversaque vota secunda:
  20. si bene quid merui, si me de matre cadentem