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. seu tibi Pindaricis animus contendere plectris
  2. sive chelyn tollas heroa ad robora sive
  3. liventem satiram nigra rubigine turbes [*]()
  4. seu tua non alia splendescat epistola cura.
  5. Digne Midae Croesique bonis et Perside gaza,
  6. macte bonis animi, cuius stagnantia rura
  7. debuit et flavis Hermus transcurrere ripis
  8. et limo splendente Tagus! sic docta frequentes
  9. otia, sic omni detectus pectora nube
  10. finem Nestoreae precor egrediare senectae.
  1. Estis, io, superi, nec inexorabile Clotho
  2. volvit opus, videt alma pios Astraea Iovique
    3. [*](turbes M: vibres Seriverius. storms; Aege, daughter of Olenus, was changed into a goat. was one of the founders of Tibur. )
  3. conciliata redit dubitataque sidera cernit
  4. Gallicus, es caelo. dive. es,[*]() Germanice. cordi
  5. —quis neget?—: erubuit tanto spoliare ministro
  6. imperium Fortuna tuum. stat proxima cervix
  7. ponderis immensi damnosaque fila senectae
  8. exuit atque alios melior revirescit in annos,
  9. ergo alacres, quae signa colunt urbana, cohortes