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.
- aut nigrum trepidis impingit Oriona nautis,
- non secus aequoreo iactat Teumesius amnis [*]()
- Hippomedonta salo, semperque umbone sinistro
- tollitur et clipeum nigrante supervenit aestu
- spumeus adsultans, fractaque refunditur unda
- et cumulo maiore redit; nec mole liquenti
- contentus carpit putres servantia ripas
- arbusta annosasque trabes eiectaque fundo
- saxa rotat, stat pugna impar amnisque virique,
- indignante deo; nec enim dat terga nec ullis
- frangitur ille minis, venientesque obvius undas
- intrat et obiecta dispellit flumina parma,
- stant terra fugiente gradus, et poplite tenso
- lubrica saxa tenet, genibusque obnixus et haerens
- subruta fallaci servat vestigia limo,
- sic etiam increpitans: ‘unde haec, Ismene, repente
- ira tibi? quove has traxisti gurgite vires,
- imbelli famulate deo solumque cruorem
- femineis experte choris, cum Bacchica mugit
- buxus et insanae maculant trieterida [*]() matres?’