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. hic tua Tiburtes Faunos chelys et iuvat ipsum
  2. Alciden dictumque lyra maiore Catillum,
  3. seu tibi Pindaricis animus contendere plectris
  4. sive chelyn tollas heroa ad robora sive
  5. liventem satiram nigra rubigine turbes [*]()
  6. seu tua non alia splendescat epistola cura.
  7. Digne Midae Croesique bonis et Perside gaza,
  8. macte bonis animi, cuius stagnantia rura
  9. debuit et flavis Hermus transcurrere ripis
  10. et limo splendente Tagus! sic docta frequentes
  11. otia, sic omni detectus pectora nube
  12. finem Nestoreae precor egrediare senectae.
  1. Estis, io, superi, nec inexorabile Clotho
  2. volvit opus, videt alma pios Astraea Iovique
    3. [*](turbes M: vibres Seriverius. storms; Aege, daughter of Olenus, was changed into a goat. was one of the founders of Tibur. )
  3. conciliata redit dubitataque sidera cernit
  4. Gallicus, es caelo. dive. es,[*]() Germanice. cordi
  5. —quis neget?—: erubuit tanto spoliare ministro
  6. imperium Fortuna tuum. stat proxima cervix
  7. ponderis immensi damnosaque fila senectae