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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. antiquas dedit ire nives: tunc visa levari
  2. culmina septenaeque iugo concurrere portae,
  3. et prope sunt causae: gelido remeabat Eoo
  4. iratus fatis et tristis morte negata
  5. Haemonides; necdum ora patent, dubiusque notari
  6. signa dabat magnae longe manifesta ruinae
  7. planctuque et gemitu; lacrimas nam protinus omnis
  8. fuderat. haud aliter saltu devertitur orbus
  9. pastor ab agrestum nocturna strage luporum,
  10. cuius erile pecus silvis inopinus abegit [*]()
  11. imber et tabernae ventosa cacumina lunae:
    12. [*](abegit Pω: adegit Ellis. from Aege, daughter of Olenus (from whom the Aetolian town derived its name), who with her sister Helice suckled Zeus in Crete, and as a reward was turned into a goat and given a place in the sky. The rising of Orion was also at the rainy season. " Brings low the poles ": i.e., when the low clouds make the sky seem to touch the earth. )
    v.1.p.454
  12. luce patent caedes; domino perferre recentes
  13. ipse timet casus, haustaque informis harena
  14. questibus implet agros, stabulique silentia magni
  15. odit et amissos longo ciet ordine tauros.
  16. Illum congestae portarum ad limina matres
  17. ut solum videre—nefas!—nulla agmina circum
  18. magnanimosque duces, nil ausae quaerere tollunt
  19. clamorem, qualis bello supremus apertis
  20. urbibus, aut pelago iam descendente [*]() carina,