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. pectora et has visus fatorum expromere voces:
  2. ‘non somni tibi tempus, iners, qui nocte sub alta,
  3. germani secure, iaces, ingentia dudum
  4. acta vocant rerumque graves, ignave, paratus,
  5. tu, veluti magnum si [*]() iam tollentibus austris
    6. [*](taurinos sonitu vincentia pulsus Pω (ducentia AT with vincentia written over): Tyrrhenos sonitus vincentia pulsu Laehmann. )[*]( furorem P: cruorem ω.)[*]( si ω: se P. the Assyrian, proverbial for luxury (Juv. x. 362). )
    v.1.p.402
  6. Ionium nigra iaceat sub nube magister
  7. immemor armorum versantisque aequora clavi,
  8. cunctaris. iamque ille novis—scit Fama—superbit
  9. conubiis viresque parat, quis regna capessat,
  10. quis neget, inque tua senium sibi destinat aula.
  11. dant animos socer augurio fatalis Adrastus
  12. dotalesque Argi, nec non in foedera vitae
  13. pollutus placuit fraterno sanguine Tydeus.
  14. hinc tumor, et longus fratri promittens exsul,
  15. ipse deum genitor tibi me miseratus ab alto
  16. mittit: habe Thebas, caecumque cupidine regni
  17. ausurumque eadem germanum expelle, nec ultra
  18. fraternos inhiantem obitus sine fidere coeptis
  19. fraudibus aut Cadmo dominas inferre Mycenas.’
  20. Dixit, et accedens—etenim iam pallida turbant