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. regia, teque pari laetantur sede locatum
  2. numina, nec magnum properes escendere caelum 1;
  3. tanta patet moles effusaeque impetus aulae
  4. liberior campo [*]() multumque amplexus operti
  5. aetheros et tantum domino minor: ille penates
  6. implet et ingenti genio iuvat, aemulus illic
  7. mons Libys Iliacusque nitens et [*]() multa Syene
  8. et Chios et glaucae certantia Doridi saxa
  9. Lunaque portandis tantum suffecta columnis.
  10. longa supra species: fessis vix culmina prendas
  11. visibus auratique putes laquearia caeli.
  12. hic eum Romuleos proceres trabeataque Caesar
  13. agmina mille simul iussit discumbere mensis,
  14. ipsa sinus accincta Ceres Bacchusque laborat
    15. [*](nec magnum properes escendere caelum Gronovivs: excedere M: ne in m. pr. excedere c. Lundstroem. )[*](campo Pol.: campi M. )[*](Iliacusque nitens et. I hare filled the lacuna of the MSS. thus: Iliacusque nitet multa M, Nilaea Syene Slater, cumulata conj. Phillimore; others in various ways. magnum caelum. i.e. Olympus (22). Some edd. take nec properes " as " do not hasten. )
  15. sufficere, aetherii felix sic orbita fluxit
  16. Triptolemi; sic vitifero [*]() sub palmite nudos
  17. umbravit colles et sobria rura Lyaeus.
  18. Sed mihi non epulas Indisque innixa columnis
  19. robora Maurorum famulasque ex ordine turmas,
  20. ipsum, ipsum cupido tantum spectare vaeavit