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. maestaque perpetuis sollemnia iungimus astris,
  2. nunc festina cohors, at si Boeotia ferro
  3. vertere tecta dabis, magnis tunc dignior aris,
  4. tunc deus, Inachias nec tantum culta per urbes
  5. numina, captivis etiam iurabere Thebis.’
  6. dux ea pro cunctis, eadem sibi quisque vovebat.
  7. Iam pronis Gradivus equis Ephyraea premebat