Silvae

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)

Statius, P. Papinius. Statius, Volume 1. Mozley, John Henry, editor. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

  1. hanc propter tanti Pisaea lege trementem
  2. currere et Oenomai fremitus audire sequentis,
  3. nec si Dardania pastor temerarius Ida
  4. sedisses. haec dona forent, nec si alma per auras
  5. te potius prensum aveheret [*]() Tithonia biga.
  6. Sed quae causa toros inopinaque gaudia vati
  7. attulit? hic mecum, dum fervent agmine postes
  8. atriaque et multa pulsantur limina virga,
  9. hic. Erato iocunda, doce. vacat apta movere
  10. colloquia et docti norunt audire penates.
  11. Forte, serenati qua stat plaga lactea caeli,
  12. alma Venus thalamo pulsa modo nocte iacebat
  13. amplexu duro Getici resoluta mariti.
    14. [*](prensum Parrhasius, aveheret Baehrens: prensa veheret, M. Oenomaus, were challenged by him to a chariot-race, on condition of forfeiting their lives if they were beaten. )
  14. fulcra torosque deae tenerum premit agmen Amorum;
  15. signa petunt qua ferre faces, quae pectora figi
  16. imperet; an terris saevire an malit in undis,
  17. an miscere deos an adhuc vexare Tonantem.
  18. ipsi animus nondum nec cordi fixa voluntas,
  19. fessa iacet stratis, ubi quondam conscia culpae
  20. Lemnia deprenso repserunt vincula lecto.