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 gravis Alcides post horrida iussa reversus
  2. gaudebat strato latus adclinare leoni,
  3. parva loquor necdum aequo tuos, Germanice, vultus:
  4. talis, ubi Oceani finem mensasque revisit
  5. Aethiopum sacro diffusus nectare vultus
  6. dux superum secreta iubet dare carmina Musas
  7. et Pallenaeos Phoebum laudare triumphos.
  8. Di tibi—namque animas saepe exaudire minores
  9. dicuntur—patriae bis terque exire senectae
  10. annuerint fines! rata numina miseris astris,
    11. [*](vitifero M: uvifero Krohn. cultivate the grape. in India, for which see the Dionysiaca of Nonnus. usually called Phlegra. )
  11. templaque des habitesque domos! saepe annua pandas
  12. limina, saepe novo Ianum lictore salutes,