P. Papinius Statius Thebais 3

ed. John Henry Mozley

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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3. aulae ω: orae P.
4. satos Heinsius: datos P ω.
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6. abegit P ω: adegit Ellis. from Aege, daughter of Olenus (from whom the Aetolian town derived its name), who with her sister Helice suckled Zeus in Crete, and as a reward was turned into a goat and given a place in the sky. The rising of Orion was also at the rainy season. " Brings low the poles ": i.e., when the low clouds make the sky seem to touch the earth.
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9. descendente P ω: desidente Heinsius. Klotz cp. Val. Flace, viii. 332.
10. gestis P: gliscis ω.
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14. There is possibly a lacuna after this line.
15. gaudebit Markland: audebit P ω.
16. rigant P: replent ω.
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19. numeranda ω: numerosa P: numerosa ubi funera Garrod.
20. fuit P (ruit written over): ruit ω.
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23. tota P ω: torta Garrod, from MS. at Peterhouse.
24. cuncta P ω: vincla Bentley: tuta Garrod.
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29. iuravere? ω: lustravere Servius ad Aen. viii. 409.
30. gentis Lachmann, who cp. Silv. v. 1. 240 aeternae qui sacraria genti condidit: mentis P ω, and Garrod, who cp. Silv. ii. 2. 131 celsa tu mentis ab arce.
31. verram P: vertam ω.
32. The punctuation is Garrod's: former edd. made mortalia pectora a parenthesis: Lachmann read di for sic. though " celsa tu mentis ab arce " (Silv. ii. 2. 131) is quoted
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34. late defervere P ω: bellantem fervere conj. Garrod.
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37. solvit P: sorbet ω.
38. pectore despecto P ω. despecto pecore, at conj. Garrod: despectus Baehrens.
39. isse PDN: esse ω (cf. i. 475).
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44. aut cura ω: auctura P: aut iura L and Garrod.
45. rabidos Wakefield (feroces Schol. of D): avidos P ω.
46. nunc socer haec dum non P: dum capulo nondum ω (nondum haec conj. Garrod).
47. mei P: dabas ω.
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50. quieta P: serena ω.
51. medenda ω: medentia P: medenti Garrod.
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54. tepentibus P: potentibus ω.
55. calidis P: roseis ω.
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57. gentibus P ω: mentibus K. to Myconos and Gyaros and made stationary, when Leto was about to give birth to Apollo and Artemis on it.
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59. pronus P: dexter ω: pectora Bentley. slew the Gorgon Medusa.
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63. aequalis P ω: aequatus Schol. Theb. viii. 198.
64. quem Mueller: qui P ω.
65. olim i ω: olims (olis) P: olimst Mueller: olim est Garrod.
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70. quin Bernartius (from a MS.): qui P ω.
71. aut P ω: tamen D.
72. astra P ω: monstra Mueller: signa Slater, etc.. but astra = caelum.
73. Nili ω: caeli P.
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75. semina PL: semita ω. should be read, the calculated path of the moon. have sprung from trees or rocks.
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77. recurant P: recurvant ω: recurunt (with r written over)
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82. metus P: nefas ω.
83. vacuantem P ω: laxantem P margin.
84. auguret Mueller augur et P ω.
85. nomina P: semina ω, momina Baehrens.
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90. aequoreas Klotz: aequoreae P ω.
91. testato ω: funesto P: manifesto Baehrens.
92. castae P: causae ω.
93. pater ω: parens P.