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. colloquia et docti norunt audire penates.
  2. Forte, serenati qua stat plaga lactea caeli,
  3. alma Venus thalamo pulsa modo nocte iacebat
  4. amplexu duro Getici resoluta mariti.
    5. [*](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. )
  5. fulcra torosque deae tenerum premit agmen Amorum;
  6. signa petunt qua ferre faces, quae pectora figi
  7. imperet; an terris saevire an malit in undis,
  8. an miscere deos an adhuc vexare Tonantem.
  9. ipsi animus nondum nec cordi fixa voluntas,
  10. fessa iacet stratis, ubi quondam conscia culpae
  11. Lemnia deprenso repserunt vincula lecto.
  12. hic puer e turba volucrum, cui plurimus ignis
  13. ore manuque levi numquam frustrata sagitta,
  14. agmine de medio tenera sic dulce profatur
  15. voce—pharetrati pressere silentia fratres.
  16. ‘Scis ut, mater," ait " nulla mihi dextera segnis
  17. militia; quemcumque hominum divumque dedisti,
  18. uritur, at quondam lacrimis et supplice dextra
  19. et votis precibusque virum concede moveri,
  20. o genetrix: duro nec enim ex adamante creati,