Carminum minorum corpusculum

Claudian

Claudian, Volume 2. Platnauer, Maurice, editor. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA; London, England, 1922.

  1. spicula vulnifico quondam sparsisse volatu,
  2. nec mihi credibilis ferratae fabula pinnae
  3. visa diu. datur ecce fides et cognitus hystrix
  4. Herculeas adfirmat aves. Os longius illi
  5. adsimulat porcum. mentitae cornua saetae
  6. summa fronte rigent. oculis rubet igneus ardor,
  7. parva sub hirsuto catuli vestigia dorso.
  8. hanc tamen exiguam miro natura tueri
  9. praesidio dignata feram : stat corpore toto
  10. silva minax, iaculisque rigens in proelia crescit
  11. picturata seges ; quorum cute fixa tenaci
    12. v.2.p.182
  12. alba subit radix, alternantesque colorum