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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. sic iuvenem saevi conspecta mole Dryantos
  2. iam non ira subit, sed leti nuntius horror,
  3. arma tamen, frustra superos Triviamque precatus,
  4. molitur pallens et surdos expedit arcus,
  5. iamque instat telis et utramque obliquus [*]() in ulnam [*]()
  6. cornua contingit mucrone et pectora nervo,
  7. cum ducis Aonii magno cita turbine cuspis
    8. [*](patrium hic Alton: primum Pio, hic DNS and Q (with n over), hinc B.)[*](obliquus ω: oblitus P: obnixus Phillimore.)[*](ulnam ω: urnam P.)
    v.2.p.316
  8. fertur in adversum nervique obliqua sonori
  9. vincla secat: pereunt ictus manibusque remissis
  10. vana supinato ceciderunt spicula cornu.
  11. tunc miser et frenos turbatus et arma remisit,
  12. vulneris impatiens, umeri quod tegmine dextri
  13. intrarat facilemque cutem: subit altera cuspis
  14. cornipedisque fugam succiso poplite sistit,
  15. tunc cadit ipse Dryas — mirum — nec vulneris umquam
  16. conscius: olim auctor teli causaeque patebunt.[*]()
  17. At puer infusus sociis in devia campi
  18. tollitur — heu simplex aetas! — moriensque iacentem
  19. flebat equum; cecidit laxata casside vultus,
  20. aegraque per trepidos exspirat gratia visus,