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. aut epulae fecere moram; properatur in hostem
  2. more fugae, nec monstra tenent, quae plurima nectit
  3. prodigialc canens certi fors praevia fati.
  4. quippe serunt diros monitus volucresque feraeque
  5. sideraque aversique suis decursibus amnes,
  6. infestumque tonat pater et mala fulgura lucent;
  7. terrificaeque adytis voces clusaeque deorum
  8. sponte fores; nunc sanguineus, nunc saxeus imber,
  9. et subiti manes flentumque occursus avorum,
  10. tunc et Apollineae tacuere oracula Cirrhae,
  11. et non adsuetis pernox ululavit Eleusin
  12. mensibus, et templis Sparte praesaga reclusis
  13. vidit Amyclaeos — facinus! — concurrere fratres.
  14. Arcades insanas latrare Lycaonis umbras
  15. nocte ferunt tacita, saevo decurrere campo
  16. Oenomaum sua Pisa refert; Aeheloon utroque
  17. deformem cornu vagus infamabat Acarnan.
  18. Perseos effigiem maestam exorantque Mycenae
    19. [*](levat levat Pio: novat (l. 394) conj. Phillimore: iuvat (l. 396) conj. Imhof, but such repetitions are characteristic.)
    v.2.p.164
  19. confusum Iunonis ebur; mugire potentem
  20. Inachon agricolae, gemini maris incola narrat