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. Mulciber: hic haeret lateri redimita voluptas,
  2. hic comes in requiem vergens Labor, est ubi Baccho,
  3. est ubi Martigenae socium pulvinar Amori
  4. obtinet, interius tecti in penetralibus altis
    5. [*](tacet ω: iacet P.)[*](germina Pω: gramina late MSS. and edd.)
    v.2.p.328
  5. et cum Morte iacet, nullique ea tristis imago [*]()
  6. cernitur, hae species, ipse autem [*]() umentia subter
  7. antra soporifero stipatos flore tapetas
  8. incubat; exhalant vestes et corpore pigro
  9. strata calent, supraque torum niger efflat anhelo
  10. ore vapor; manus haec fusos a tempore laevo
  11. sustentat crinis, haec cornu oblita remisit,
  12. adsunt innumero circum vaga Somnia vultu,[*]()
  13. vera simul falsis permixtaque tristia blandis,[*]()
  14. noctis opaca cohors, trabibusque aut postibus haerent,
  15. aut tellure iacent, tenuis, qua circuit aulam,
  16. invalidusque nitor, primosque hortantia somnos
  17. languida succiduis exspirant lumina flammis.
  18. Huc se caeruleo libravit ab aethere virgo
  19. discolor: effulgent silvae, tenebrosaque Tempe
  20. adrisere deae, et zonis lucentibus icta