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. iratus fatis et tristis morte negata
  2. Haemonides; necdum ora patent, dubiusque notari
  3. signa dabat magnae longe manifesta ruinae
  4. planctuque et gemitu; lacrimas nam protinus omnis
  5. fuderat. haud aliter saltu devertitur orbus
  6. pastor ab agrestum nocturna strage luporum,
  7. cuius erile pecus silvis inopinus abegit [*]()
  8. imber et tabernae ventosa cacumina lunae:
    9. [*](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
  9. luce patent caedes; domino perferre recentes
  10. ipse timet casus, haustaque informis harena
  11. questibus implet agros, stabulique silentia magni
  12. odit et amissos longo ciet ordine tauros.
  13. Illum congestae portarum ad limina matres
  14. ut solum videre—nefas!—nulla agmina circum
  15. magnanimosque duces, nil ausae quaerere tollunt
  16. clamorem, qualis bello supremus apertis
  17. urbibus, aut pelago iam descendente [*]() carina,
  18. ut primum invisi cupido data copia regis:
  19. ‘hanc tibi de tanto donat ferus agmine Tydeus
  20. infelicem animam, sive haec sententia divum,