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. his labor accisam Nemeen umbrosaque tempe
  2. praecipitare solo lucosque ostendere Phoebo,
  3. sternitur extemplo veteres incaedua ferro
  4. silva comas, largae qua non opulentior umbrae
  5. Argolicos inter saltusque educta Lycaeos
  6. extulerat super astra caput: stat sacra senectae
  7. numine, nec solos hominum transgressa veterno
  8. fertur avos, Nymphas etiam mutasse superstes
  9. Faunorumque greges, aderat miserabile luco
  10. exscidium: fugere ferae, nidosque tepentes
  11. absiliunt — metus urget — aves; cadit ardua fagus,
  12. Chaoniumque nemus brumaeque inlaesa cupressus,
  13. procumbunt piceae, flammis alimenta supremis,
  14. ornique iliceaeque trabes metuendaque suco
  15. taxus et infandos belli potura cruores
    16. [*](Lines 79-83 are missing in PBL (added in margin of B), bid are found in DKNS. They are usually bracketed by edd. as spurious.)[*]( opus Weber: onus Pω. )
    v.2.p.68
  16. fraxinus atque situ non expugnabile robur.
  17. hinc audax abies et odoro vulnere pinus
  18. scinditur, adclinant intonsa cacumina terrae
  19. alnus amica fretis nec inhospita vitibus ulmus.
  20. dat gemitum tellus: non sic eversa feruntur