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. primo murmure dulce vagientem
  2. blando Calliope sinu recepit,
  3. tum primum posito remissa luctu
  4. longos Orpheos exuit dolores
  5. et dixit: ‘puer o dicate Musis,
  6. longaevos cito transiture vates,
  7. non tu flumina nec greges ferarum
  8. nec plectro Getieas movebis ornos,
  9. sed septem iuga Martiumque Thybrim
  10. et doctos equites et eloquente
  11. cantu purpureum trabes senatum,
  12. nocturnas alii Phrygum ruinas
  13. et tardi reducis vias Ulixis
  14. et puppem temerariam Minervae,
  15. trita vatibus orbita, sequantur: