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. sic tener ante diem vultu gressuque superbo
  2. vicerat aequales multumque reliquerat annos,
  3. sive catenatis curvatus membra palaestris
  4. staret: Amyclaea conceptum matre putares,
  5. Oebaliden illo praeceps mutaret Apollo,
  6. Alcides pensaret Hylan: seu Graius [*]() amictu
  7. Attica facundi decurreret orsa Menandri:
  8. laudaret gavisa sonum crinemque decorum
  9. fregisset rosea lasciva Thalia corona;
  10. Maeonium sive ille senem Troiaeque labores
  11. diceret aut casus tarde remeantis Ulixis:
  12. ipse pater sensus, ipsi stupuere magistri,
  13. scilicet infausta Lachesis cunabula dextra
  14. attigit, et gremio puerum complexa fovebat
  15. Invidia: illa genas et adultum comere crinem,
  16. haec monstrare artes et verba infigere, quae nunc
  17. plangimus. Herculeos annis aequare labores
    18. [*](iunctas M2: vinctas M: truncas Bachrens. )[*]( Graius s: gratus M. her father Amulius, but became the wife of the river-god. Acca was the nurse of Romulus. )
  18. coeperat adsurgens, sed adhuc infantia iuxta;
  19. iam tamen et validi gressus mensuraque maior
  20. cultibus et visae puero decrescere vestes,