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. saepe veni, saepe hanc dignare inrumpere mentem,
  2. nunc tibi crudus honos, trunca arma cruorque virorum:
  3. at patrias si quando domos optataque, Paean,
  4. templa, Lycie, dabis, tot ditia dona sacratis
  5. postibus et totidem voti memor exige tauros.’
  6. dixerat, et laetis socios revocabat ab armis.
  7. venerat hos inter fato Calydonius Hopleus
  8. Maenaliusque Dymas, dilecti regibus ambo,
  9. regum ambo comites, quorum post funera maesti
  10. vitam indignantur. prior Arcada concitat Hopleus:
  11. ‘nullane post manes regis tibi cura perempti,
  12. clare Dyma, teneant[*]() quem iam fortasse volucres
  13. Thebanique canes? patriae quid deinde feretis,
    14. [*](recedunt Pω, which Klotz defends by Silv. i. 3. 63, ii. 6. 101, v. 3. 185 (cf. also i. 447 inf.): recedant Jortin.)[*](teneant Pω: temerant Baehrens, because only here does Statius use fortasse with subj.)
    v.2.p.346
  14. Arcades? en reduces contra venit aspera mater:
  15. funus ubi? at nostro semper sub pectore Tydeus
  16. saevit inops tumuli, quamvis patientior artus
  17. ille nec abruptis adeo lacrimabilis annis,
  18. ire tamen saevumque libet nullo ordine passim
  19. scrutari campum, mediasve inrumpere Thebas,’
  20. excipit orsa Dymas; ‘per ego haec vaga sidera iuro,