de raptu Proserpinae

Claudian

Claudian, Volume 2. Platnauer, Maurice, editor. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA; London, England, 1922.

  1. flamine rapturus ; si forte adversus aenos
  2. Aeolus obiecit postes, vanescit inanis
  3. impetus et fractae redeunt in claustra procellae.
  4. Tunc Maia genitum, qui fervida dicta reportet,
  5. imperat acciri. Cyllenius adstitit ales
  6. somniferam quatiens virgam tectusque galero.
  7. ipse rudi fultus solio nigraque verendus
  8. maiestate sedet : squalent inmania foedo
  9. sceptra situ; sublime caput maestissima nubes
  10. asperat et dirae riget inclementia formae ;
  11. terrorem dolor augebat. tunc talia celso
  12. ore tonat (tremefacta silent dicente tyranno