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. undarum cursus, quid propugnacula poseant
    2. [*](vigil idem animique sagacis Leo: vigilite animaeque sagacis M, variously emended; usque, iste, ipse edd., vigili tu animoque sagaci Peyrared (evolvis 99) etc. )[*](et citus Salmasius: exitus M: anxius Hirschfeld. gold-mines of Dalmatia are also mentioned iv. 7. 13; cf. also the simile in Theb. vi. 880. Since Tiberius mining rights were vested in the Emperor. The Imperial fiscus also derived income from African wheat, from pearl-fisheries, )
  2. aequoris aut longe series porrecta viarum;
  3. quod domini celsis niteat laquearibus aurum,
  4. quae divum in vultus igni formanda liquescat
  5. massa, quid Ausoniae scriptum crepet igne Monetae,
  6. hinc tibi rara quies animoque exclusa voluptas,
  7. exiguaeque dapes et numquam laesa profundo
  8. cura mero; sed iura tamen genialia cordi
  9. et mentem vincire toris ac iungere festa
  10. conubia et fidos domino genuisse clientes.
  11. Quis sublime genus formamque insignis Etruscae
  12. nesciat? haud quamquam proprio mihi cognita visu,
  13. sed decus eximium famae par reddit imago,
  14. vultibus et similis [*]() natorum gratia monstrat,
  15. nec vulgare genus; fasces summamque curulem
  16. frater et Ausonios enses mandataque fidus
  17. signa tulit, cum prima truces amentia Dacos
  18. impulit et magno gens est damnata triumpho,
  19. sic quicquid patrio cessatum a sanguine, mater
  20. reddidit, obscurumque latus clarescere vidit