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. mecum victa Iovem; tu procurrentia primis
  2. carmina nostra sonis totasque in murmure noctes
  3. aure rapis vigili; longi tu sola laboris
  4. conscia, cumque tuis crevit mea Thebais annis,
  5. qualem te nuper Stygias prope raptus ad umbras,
  6. cum iam Lethaeos audirem comminus amnes,
  7. aspexi, tenuique oculos iam morte cadentes,
  8. scilicet exhausti Lachesis mihi tempora fati
    9. [*](corde M: cordi Dom. )[*](dolebas Dom.: doleres M: dolere Krohn. in music and poetry, at one of which Statius was victorious. It was a great disappointment that he failed at )
  9. te tantum miserata dedit, superique potentes
  10. invidiam timuere tuam. post ista propinquum
  11. nunc iter optandosque sinus comes ire moraris?
  12. heu ubi nota fides totque explorata per usus,
  13. qua veteres Latias Graias heroidas aequas?
  14. isset ad Iliacas—quid enim deferret amantes?—
  15. Penelope gavisa domos, si passus Ulixes:
  16. questa est Aegiale, questa est Meliboea relinqui,
  17. et quam—quam saevi!—[*]() fecerunt maenada planctus.
  18. nec minor his tu nosse Iidem vitamque maritis
  19. dedere, sic certe cineres umbramque priorem
  20. quaeris adhuc, sic exsequias amplexa canori