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. ast ego. cui sacrae Caesar nova gaudia cenae
  2. nunc primum dominoque dedit consurgere mensa,
  3. qua celebrem mea vota lyra. quas solvere grates
  4. sufficiam? non, si pariter mihi vertice Iacto
  5. nectat odoratas et Smyrna et Mantua lauros,
  6. digna loquar, mediis videor discumbere in astris
    7. [*](dux Markland: rex M. triumphs that he might have celebrated, cf. iv. 3. 159. the title of Germanicus, and later on. probably in 86, had the months September and October called Germanicus and Domitianus (Suet. Dom. 13). )
  7. cum Iove et Iliaca porrectum sumere dextra