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. invicta dignare manu; seu nubila disco
  2. findere seu volucres zephyros praecedere telo
  3. seu tibi dulce manu Libycas nodare palaestras,
  4. indulge sacris, et, si tibi poma supersunt
  5. Hesperidum, gremio venerabilis ingere Pollae;
  6. nam capit et tantum non degenerabit [*]() honorem.
  7. quod si dulce decus viridesque resumeret annos,
  8. —da veniam, Alcide—fors huic et pensa tulisses.
  9. Haec ego nascentes laetus bacchatus ad aras
  10. libamenta tuli. nunc ipse [*]() in limine—cerno
  11. solventem voces et talia dicta ferentem:
    12. [*](pumiceis s: puniceis M Pol. (from P). )[*](Limon omenque Guyet: limo numenque M. )[*](degenerabit M: degener ambit Gronovius. )[*](ipse M: ipsum Dom.: ipso s. Macnaghten's punctuation. Palaemon, son of Ino, those at Nemea in honour of Opheltes (Archemorus), for whom see Thebaid iv. (end), v. and vi. (init). famous; Icarus was a son of Oebalus, king of Sparta, and )
  12. ‘macte animis opibusque meos imitate labores,