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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. illum terra vehit suaque in primordia solvet.’
  2. sic premit adversos et acerbat vulnera dictis
  3. ac nunc ense furit, nunc tela natantia captans
  4. ingerit: innuptae comitem Therona Dianae,
  5. ruricolamque Gyen cum fluetivago Ergino,
  6. intonsumque Hersen contemptoremque profundi
  7. Crethea, nimbosam qui saepe Caphereos arcem
  8. Euboicasque hiemes parva transfugerat alno.
  9. quid non fata queant? traiectus pectora ferro
  10. volvitur in fluctus, heu cuius naufragus undae!
  11. te quoque sublimi tranantem flumina curru,
  12. dum socios, Pharsale, petis, resupinat ademptis
  13. Dorica cuspis equis; illos violentia saevi
  14. gurgitis infelixque iugi concordia mergit.
  15. Nune age, quis tumidis magnum inclinarit in undis
  16. Hippomedonta labor, cur ipse excitus in arma
  17. Ismenos, doctae nosse indulgete sorores:
  18. vestrum opus ire retro et senium depellere famae,
  19. gaudebat Fauno Nymphaque Ismenide natus
  20. maternis bellare tener Crenaeus in undis,