Thebais

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)

Statius, P. Papinius. Statius, Volumes 1-2. Mozley, John Henry, editor. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

  1. sublata molire lyra: neque enim altior ulli
  2. mens hausto de fonte venit, rex tristis et aeger
  3. pondere curarum propiorque abeuntibus annis
  4. inter adhortantes vix sponte incedit Adrastus,
  5. contentus ferro cingi latus; arma manipli
  6. pone ferunt, volucres portis auriga sub ipsis
  7. comit equos, et iam inde iugo luctatur Arion.
  8. huic armat Larissa viros, huic celsa Prosymna,
  9. aptior armentis Midea pecorosaque Phlius,
    10. [*](ll. 29, 30 omitted by ω, 31 omitted by P. possibly correctly, " content with a bodyguard," and arma ferunt as march, fully armed. comparing vii. 501 " multoque latus praefulgurat ense," also " ferrum " in i. 148, iv. 145. )
    v.1.p.510
  10. quaeque pavet longa spumantem valle Charadron
  11. Neris, et ingenti turritae mole Cleonae
  12. et Lacedaemonium Thyrea lectura [*]() cruorem,
  13. iunguntur memores transmissi ab origine regis,
  14. qui Drepani scopulos et oliviferae Sicyonis
  15. culta serunt, quos pigra vado Strangilla [*]() taeenti
  16. lambit et anfractu riparum incurvus Elisson.
  17. saevus honos fluvio: Stygias lustrare severis
  18. Eumenidas perhibetur aquis; huc mergere suetae
  19. ora et anhelantes poto Phlegethonte cerastas,
  20. seu Thracum vertere domos, seu tecta Mycenes