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. purpureos sceptrumque minus? cuncta ignibus atris
  2. damnat atrox suaque ipse parens gestamina ferri,
  3. si damnis rabidum queat exsaturare dolorem. [*]()
  4. Parte alia gnari monitis exercitus instat
  5. auguris aeriam truncis nemorumque ruina,
  6. montis opus, [*]() cumulare pyram, quae crimina caesi
  7. anguis et infausti cremet atra piacula belli,
  8. his labor accisam Nemeen umbrosaque tempe
  9. praecipitare solo lucosque ostendere Phoebo,
  10. sternitur extemplo veteres incaedua ferro
  11. silva comas, largae qua non opulentior umbrae
  12. Argolicos inter saltusque educta Lycaeos
  13. extulerat super astra caput: stat sacra senectae
  14. numine, nec solos hominum transgressa veterno
  15. fertur avos, Nymphas etiam mutasse superstes
  16. Faunorumque greges, aderat miserabile luco
  17. exscidium: fugere ferae, nidosque tepentes
  18. absiliunt — metus urget — aves; cadit ardua fagus,
  19. Chaoniumque nemus brumaeque inlaesa cupressus,
  20. procumbunt piceae, flammis alimenta supremis,