Volume I. Silvae. Thebaid, Books 1-4 (Loeb Classical by Statius, J. H. Mozley
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May be ignored. There are remarkable differences between the two groups the most striking Mill be found at iv. 555, X. 135, xi. * H. W. Garrod in his Introduction to the Thehaid and Achilleid ; « Bj' A. Klotz (Teubner) and H. W. Garrod (Oxford Classical Texts). 6 See, for instance. Theh. iii. 527, 658, 699. " On the whole the readings of P are to be preferred, and they deserve careful consideration even when they seem most difficult but in many cases it is only judgement that can decide what Statins could or could not have written.
Et soror Utere perpetuum popuh magnique senatus munere. Apelleae cuperent te scribere cerae 100 optassetque novo similem te ponere templo Atticus Elei senior lovis, et tua mitis ora Tarans, tua sidereas imitantia flammas lumina contempto mallet Rhodes aspera Phoebo. certus ames terras et quae tibi templa dicamus, 105 nee te caeli iuvet aula, tuosque ipse colas laetus huic dono videas dare tura nepotes. : : ; 11. Unde EPITHALAMION IN STELLAM ET VIOLENTILLAM sacro Latii sonuerunt carmine montes ?
Vincit Heinsius fingit 3/, frangit conj. Phill. ^ * strepit ardua pulsu continuus septem per culmina Martis^ ; cf. in Bruttii, Odyssey, i. on the west coast, famous for copper1 84. SILVAE, Temese" has exhausted I. I. 42-05 wealth of all her mines a the sword sleeps by thy untroubled side even so vast a blade does threatening Orion wield on winter nights and terrify the stars. But the steed, counterfeiting the proud mien and high mettle of a horse, tosses his head the in greater spirit and makes as though to move mane stands stiff upon his neck, his shoulders thrill with life, and his flanks spread wide enough for tlie cloak hangs from thy shoulders ; ; : ; those mighty spurs in place of a clod of empty earth his brazen hoof tramples the hair of captive Rhine.