P. Papinius Statius Thebais 4

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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2. angustum verno ω: augusto vernum P.
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4. ll. 29, 30 omitted by ω, 31 omitted by P. possibly correctly, " content with a bodyguard," and arma ferunt as march, fully armed. comparing vii. 501 " multoque latus praefulgurat ense," also " ferrum " in i. 148, iv. 145.
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8. Thyrea lectura Weber: thyla electura P: thyre lectura ω.
9. Strangilla P: stagilla D: Langia ω (but Langia is near Nemea); various conjectures haec been made.
10. vertere ω: vertice P. Garrod reads teretis fundae here, and conj. vacuomque. was the subject of constant fighting between Argives and Spartans down to as late as a hundred years after Statius's time. thither from Argos owing to a feud, but subsequently returned to Argos; cf, ii. 179.
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12. favent P ω: gerit Bentley. whose father Pittheus was king of Troezen. b See i. 482.
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14. fraudaverit P: siccaverit ω. turned them into guinea-fowl, hence called meleagrides. name who was a son of Zeus. The Ida referred to is the mountain in Crete, which boasted of having given birth to Zeus.
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16. ter niveum scandente P ω: nivea N, candente Heinsius.
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20. famaque P ω: famaeve Baehrens, on the ground that this verb is never found with the ablative.
21. reperta P ω: reposta Deiter. retorta, repressa, etc., edd. Alton conj. pars aere perempta (i.e. dead as opp. to " dying "). Garrod conj. pars altera reptans. reperta must be corrupt, but no emendation seems convincing.
22. nigrescit P: ignescit ω, pallescit P.
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24. ipsa Sandstroem: ipse P ω.
25. exuerat cultus P: deposuit nexus ω. being defeated, was hung up and flayed by him.
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27. infandum P: heu superi ω.
28. Pylos P ω: Helos Kohlmann, who cp. Hom. Il. ii. 584: Pylos has already been mentioned i. 125.
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30. abstulit P: impulit ω. Hor. C. i. 29. 15) fitting tightly upon a full undergarment. Greece, and were supposed to have been born originally from rocks or trees (cf. 1. 340). For the quaint idea of ll. 282 sqq.
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32. ille ad humum P ω: illa ad eum Peyrared.
33. quires Postgate: vires P ω: vidi Bentley. Atreus and Thyestes.
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37. festa P ω: bella D.
38. cede P ω: caede Baehrens.
39. salientibus P: spirantibus ω. was the guardian deity of Thebes. and with " ducem," i.e., Laius; " miscentis " is intrans.
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41. terruit P: impulit ω.
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43. Persei Q: persae (-saee) P ω. they obtained sky and sea respectively, while he had to be content with the underworld.
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45. medicata P: armata ω.
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50. insequitur geminusque bibit P: effluit amborum geminus ω. Cf. x. 134, xi. 490.
51. quis L Nauke: his P ω.
52. adaperta Gronovius: adoperta P ω.
53. mitior ω: ianitor P: Garrod conj. inaniter. "disguising" them as beasts).
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55. exsilit Alton: exuit P ω, exserit Lachmann, who cp. Silv. v. 3. 104. father Tantalus as a dish for the gods; they, however, put
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59. geminae ω: gelidae P.
60. sidera P: sidere ω.
61. solem radiis ignescere ferri P ω: solis ferrum Madvig, silvam Koestlin, frondem Slater, pallescere Garrod (cf. 171), etc. A similar phrase occurs x. 844. Bacchus to cultivate.
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63. Seven lines, only found in L and regarded as spurious by all edd., are here omitted.
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66. sanguinis et P: plebis et hic ω.
67. ponique negantis L Schol. Gronovius Bentley: ponitque negantem P ω.
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69. vernae P ω: tenerae conj. Garrod: variae Klotz.
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72. tori P: toros eo (se. alveum).
73. in coepta Schrader: incepta PD, incoepta BQN.