de raptu Proserpinae

Claudian

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

  1. discolor et longa solitos caligine pasci
  2. terruit orbis equos ; pressis haesere lupatis
  3. attoniti meliore polo rursusque verendum
  4. in chaos obliquo certant temone reverti.
  5. mox ubi pulsato senserunt verbera tergo
  6. et solem didicere pati, torrentius amne
  7. hiberno tortaque ruunt pernicius hasta :
  8. quantum non iaculum Parthi, non impetus Austri,
  9. non leve sollicitae mentis discurrit acumen.
  10. sanguine frena calent ; corrumpit spiritus auras
  11. letifer ; infectae spumis vitiantur harenae.
  12. Diffugiunt Nymphae : rapitur Proserpina curru