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The Thebaid by Publius Papinius Statius & Charles Stanley Ross

Author:Publius Papinius Statius & Charles Stanley Ross [Statius, Publius Papinius & Ross, Charles Stanley] , Date: September 5, 2019 ,Views: 211

The Thebaid by Publius Papinius Statius & Charles Stanley Ross

Author:Publius Papinius Statius & Charles Stanley Ross [Statius, Publius Papinius & Ross, Charles Stanley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0801869080
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004-02-15T05:00:00+00:00


• but Pallas saved the citadel she loved

from threatening waves; myself I saw

• Epaphus giving laws to eastern lands.

No trumpets threaten lonely Cyllene

or Cretan Ida. So why do our altars

o√end? It seems that I am powerless

to please you, but I know you spent fair nights

in Thebes conceiving Hercules; you knew

the pleasant passions of Antiope.

Please spare Agenor’s sons, the Tyrians,

• whose bull fared better than my flaming mother.’’

His jealousy brought smiles to Jupiter,

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