Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus

Claudian

Claudian, Volume 1. Platnauer, Maurice, editor. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA; London, England, 1922.

  1. felicemque uterum, qui nomina parturit annis!
  2. Ut sceptrum gessere manu membrisque rigentes
  3. aptavere togas, signum dat summus hiulca
  4. nube Pater gratamque facem per inane rotantes
  5. prospera vibrati tonuerunt omina nimbi,
  6. accepit sonitus curvis Tiberinus in antris
  7. ima valle sedens. adrectis auribus haesit,
  8. unde repentinus populi fragor. ilicet herbis
  9. pallentes thalamos et structa cubilia musco
  10. deserit ac Nymphis urnam commendat erilem.
  11. illi glauca nitent hirsute lumina vultu
  12. caeruleis infecta notis, reddentia patrem
  13. Oceanum; crispo densantur gramine colla;
  14. vertice luxuriat toto crinalis harundo,
    15. v.1.p.18
  15. quam neque fas Zephyris frangi nec sole perustam
  16. aestivo candore mori; sed vivida frondet
  17. aequaevum complexa caput, taurina levantur
  18. cornua temporibus raucos sudantia rivos;
  19. distillant per pectus aquae; frons hispida manat