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. Fata darent, si Cyaneos raperere per aestus.
  2. hanc propter tanti Pisaea lege trementem
  3. currere et Oenomai fremitus audire sequentis,
  4. nec si Dardania pastor temerarius Ida
  5. sedisses. haec dona forent, nec si alma per auras
  6. te potius prensum aveheret [*]() Tithonia biga.
  7. Sed quae causa toros inopinaque gaudia vati
  8. attulit? hic mecum, dum fervent agmine postes
  9. atriaque et multa pulsantur limina virga,
  10. hic. Erato iocunda, doce. vacat apta movere
  11. colloquia et docti norunt audire penates.
  12. Forte, serenati qua stat plaga lactea caeli,
  13. alma Venus thalamo pulsa modo nocte iacebat
  14. amplexu duro Getici resoluta mariti.
    15. [*](prensum Parrhasius, aveheret Baehrens: prensa veheret, M. Oenomaus, were challenged by him to a chariot-race, on condition of forfeiting their lives if they were beaten. )
  15. fulcra torosque deae tenerum premit agmen Amorum;
  16. signa petunt qua ferre faces, quae pectora figi
  17. imperet; an terris saevire an malit in undis,