P. Papinius Statius Thebais 1

ed. John Henry Mozley

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Thebais. P. Papinius Statius. ed. John Henry Mozley. . 1928.

Funding provided by The Mellon Foundation.

Current edition Perseus

Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius. Statius, Volumes 1-2. Mozley, John Henry, editor. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.)

Notes on the current edition

Thebais

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5. spirare, P l, Heinsius, Bentley: sperare Pr ω.
6. teque o P (with u written over the first e): tuque o ω, tuque ut Lachmann.
7. mature Lachmann: maturi P ω.
8. Pierio P (laurigero written over by a later hand): laurigero ω. and Dacians, and to the part he took in the fighting on the Capitol between Flavians and Vitellians in A.D. 69.
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10. morte P: nocte ω. that he was guilty of parricide and incest. Statius has in mind the Virgilian "nox atra caput circumvolat" Aen. vi.866 (cf, also Hor. S. ii. 1. 58), but here it is the "saeva dies " that hovers round. but to beat on the earth was a recognized way of summoning infernal deities.
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14. carentem PL: parentem ω.
15. totos in poenam, nepotes P ω: poenam in totos Baehreas, penates Ed. Parmensis.
16. modo digna veni P ω: modo dira Lachmann: modo diva Mueller: mens iuvenum, me digna: veni Garrod conj.
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18. minax Lachmann: minor P ω. to be an entrance to the underworld. half of the crowd of snakes, or as the small fry, compared with the big snake in the Fury's hand (113). and witches, cf, iii. 140.
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21. unum P ω: uno P: uni Heinsius.
22. fulva P ω: fulta Mueller.
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24.
25. avius ω: aut notus P.
26. carebat P ω: cadebat Bernartius.
27.
28. sub fronte P ω: cervice D.
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30. exsaturabile P: also D, with exsatiabile written over: exsuperabile ω.
31. imposta manet P ω: infausta, infesta, etc., edd: movet B Guyet: manet D with movet written over. the dragon's teeth. crimes committed by or against the gods. The latter mean-
32. monstrum D Scaliger: monstro P ω.
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34. terris Q: tectis P: regnis D: considere regnis Heinsius.
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37. verbum Scriverius: verum P ω.
38. alis Gruter: ales P ω.
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42. inhorruit in D has " perstrepit " written above it.
43. animi Mueller: animis P ω: animus Q Baehrens.
44. luce P ω: laude Q (luce above).
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46.
47. Nemea ω: Nemeae P.
48. gelidas surgens E. in undas gelidas ω: vergens P: in undas P: ad arctos Pc ω: surgens BD: gelida s. E. in unda Mueller.
49.
50. aure P ω: ire Lachmann.
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53. fato P: aevo ω.
54. Olenius P ω: Oenius D: Oeneus Heinsius.
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57. sed P ω: nec Priscian.
58. intrat P: instat ω. ἀλλὰ μαχητής (of Tydeus, Il. v. 801).
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60. suum nobis P ω suum ut nobis Garrod: nobis sociare P ω: sociae novisse Postgate: binos sociare Housman: norunt sociare Baehrens. Housman brackets as parenthesis sunt suum, Garrod sunt nobis.
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63.
64. per P: post ω.
65. isse Gruter: esse P ω.
66. annis PB: armis ω: annis D (with armis above).
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68. interioris Schrader: ulterioris P ω.
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70.
71. tacitaque aure P ω: tacitaeque auri Klotz: taciteque auri Deipser: tacitoque ore Koestlin.
72. aureus P ω: Perseus Bentley.
73. ita visus P ω: gavisus D. "pallor" (its natural use), and with "rubor" (for "suffuses ").
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75. pios Bentley: pio P ω.
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77. animique P ω: animisque D.
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79. fit P: it ω.
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81.
82. lene P ω: laeve Gronovius: saeve Bentley: an illud lene? Garrod.
83. lucet P ω: luget Heinsius.