{"id":775,"date":"2021-04-29T10:12:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdensdragonsdens\/?page_id=775"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:12:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:12:01","slug":"statius","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/the-seven-against-thebes-dragon-of-nemea\/statius\/","title":{"rendered":"Statius"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thebaid\u00a0<\/em>4.716-22, 739-45, 775-96, 5.505-87<\/h3>\n

The Dragon of Nemea is slain by Hippomedon and Capaneus, in the most expansive account of the episode.<\/em><\/p>\n

4.716-22:<\/span><\/p>\n

una\u00a0tamen\u00a0tacitas\u00a0sed\u00a0iussu\u00a0numinis\u00a0undas
\nhaec\u00a0quoque\u00a0secreta\u00a0nutrit\u00a0Langia\u00a0sub\u00a0umbra,
\nnondum\u00a0illi\u00a0raptus\u00a0dederat\u00a0lacrimabile\u00a0nomen
\nArchemorus,\u00a0nec\u00a0fama\u00a0deae;\u00a0tamen\u00a0avia\u00a0servat
\net\u00a0nemus\u00a0et\u00a0fluvium;\u00a0manet\u00a0ingens\u00a0gloria\u00a0Nympham,
\ncum\u00a0tristem\u00a0Hypsipylen\u00a0ducibus\u00a0sudatus\u00a0Achaeis
\nludus\u00a0et\u00a0atra\u00a0sacrum\u00a0recolet\u00a0trieteris\u00a0Ophelten.<\/p>\n

4.739-45:<\/span><\/p>\n

Tandem\u00a0inter\u00a0silvas\u2014sic\u00a0Euhius\u00a0ipse\u00a0pararat\u2014
\nerrantes\u00a0subitam\u00a0pulchro\u00a0in\u00a0maerore\u00a0tuentur
\nHypsipyles;\u00a0illi\u00a0quamvis\u00a0et\u00a0ad\u00a0ubera\u00a0Opheltes
\nnon\u00a0suus.\u00a0Inachii\u00a0proles\u00a0infausta\u00a0Lycurgi.
\ndependet\u2014neglecta\u00a0comam\u00a0nec\u00a0dives\u00a0amictu\u2014
\nregales\u00a0tamen\u00a0ore\u00a0notae,\u00a0nec\u00a0mersus\u00a0acerbis
\nexstat\u00a0honos.<\/p>\n

4.775-96:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

mecum\u00a0age\u00a0nunc.\u00a0si\u00a0forte\u00a0vado\u00a0Langia\u00a0perennes
\nservat\u00a0aquas;\u00a0solet\u00a0et\u00a0rabidi\u00a0sub\u00a0limite\u00a0Caneri
\nsemper,\u00a0et\u00a0Icarii\u00a0quamvis\u00a0iuba\u00a0fulguret\u00a0astri,
\nire\u00a0tamen.\u2019\u00a0simul\u00a0haerentem,\u00a0ne\u00a0tarda\u00a0Pelasgis
\ndux\u00a0foret,\u00a0a!\u00a0miserum\u00a0vicino\u00a0caespite\u00a0alumnum\u2014
\nsic\u00a0Parcae\u00a0volvere\u2014locat\u00a0ponique\u00a0negantis
\nfloribus\u00a0adgestis\u00a0et\u00a0amico\u00a0murmure\u00a0dulces
\nsolatur\u00a0lacrimas:\u00a0qualis\u00a0Berecyntia\u00a0mater,
\ndum\u00a0parvum\u00a0circa\u00a0iubet\u00a0exsultare\u00a0Tonantem
\nCuretas\u00a0trepidos;\u00a0illi\u00a0certantia\u00a0plaudunt
\norgia,\u00a0sed\u00a0magnis\u00a0resonat\u00a0vagitibus\u00a0Ide.
\nAt\u00a0puer\u00a0in\u00a0gremio\u00a0veniae\u00a0telluris\u00a0et\u00a0alto
\ngramine\u00a0nunc\u00a0faciles\u00a0sternit\u00a0procursibus\u00a0herbas
\nin\u00a0vultum\u00a0nitens,\u00a0caram\u00a0modo\u00a0lactis\u00a0egeno
\nnutricem\u00a0plangore\u00a0ciens\u00a0iterumque\u00a0renidens
\net\u00a0teneris\u00a0meditans\u00a0verba\u00a0inluetantia\u00a0labris
\nmiratur\u00a0nemorum\u00a0strepitus\u00a0aut\u00a0obvia\u00a0carpit
\naut\u00a0patulo\u00a0trahit\u00a0ore\u00a0diem\u00a0nemorique\u00a0malorum
\ninscius\u00a0et\u00a0vitae\u00a0multum\u00a0securus\u00a0inerrat.<\/p>\n

5.505-87:<\/span><\/p>\n

Interea\u00a0campis,\u00a0nemoris\u00a0sacer\u00a0horror\u00a0Achaei,
\nterrigena\u00a0exoritur\u00a0serpens,\u00a0tractuque\u00a0soluto
\nimmanem\u00a0sese\u00a0vehit\u00a0ac\u00a0post\u00a0terga\u00a0relinquit,
\nlivida\u00a0fax\u00a0oculis,\u00a0tumidi\u00a0stat\u00a0in\u00a0ore\u00a0veneni
\nspuma\u00a0virens,\u00a0ter\u00a0lingua\u00a0vibrat,\u00a0terna\u00a0agmina\u00a0adunci
\ndentis,\u00a0et\u00a0auratac\u00a0crudelis\u00a0gloria\u00a0fronti
\nprominet.\u00a0Inachii\u00a0sanctum\u00a0dixere\u00a0Tonanti
\nagricolae,\u00a0cui\u00a0cura\u00a0loci\u00a0et\u00a0silvestribus\u00a0aris
\npauper\u00a0honos;\u00a0nunc\u00a0ille\u00a0dei\u00a0circumdare\u00a0templa
\norbe\u00a0vago\u00a0labens,\u00a0miserae\u00a0nunc\u00a0robora\u00a0silvae
\natterit\u00a0et\u00a0vastas\u00a0tenuat\u00a0complexibus\u00a0ornos;
\nsaepe\u00a0super\u00a0fluvios\u00a0geminae\u00a0iacet\u00a0aggere\u00a0ripae
\ncontinuus,\u00a0squamisque\u00a0incisus\u00a0adaestuat\u00a0amnis,
\nsed\u00a0nunc,\u00a0Ogygii\u00a0iussis\u00a0quando\u00a0omnis\u00a0anhelat
\nterra\u00a0dei\u00a0trepidaeque\u00a0latent\u00a0in\u00a0pulvere\u00a0Nymphae,
\nsaevior\u00a0anfractu\u00a0laterum\u00a0sinuosa\u00a0retorquens
\nterga\u00a0solo\u00a0siccique\u00a0nocens\u00a0furit\u00a0igne\u00a0veneni,
\nstagna\u00a0per\u00a0arentesque\u00a0lacus\u00a0fontesque\u00a0repressos
\nvolvitur\u00a0et\u00a0vacuis\u00a0fluviorum\u00a0in\u00a0vallibus\u00a0errat,
\nincensusque\u00a0siti\u00a0liquidum\u00a0nunc\u00a0aera\u00a0lambit
\nore\u00a0supinato,\u00a0nunc\u00a0arva\u00a0gementia\u00a0radens
\npronus\u00a0adhaeret\u00a0humo,\u00a0si\u00a0quid\u00a0viridantia\u00a0sudent
\ngramina;\u00a0percussae\u00a0calidis\u00a0adflatibus\u00a0herbae,
\nqua\u00a0tulit\u00a0ora,\u00a0cadunt,\u00a0moriturque\u00a0ad\u00a0sibila\u00a0campus:
\nquantus\u00a0ab\u00a0Arctois\u00a0discriminat\u00a0aethera\u00a0plaustris
\nAnguis\u00a0et\u00a0usque\u00a0Notos\u00a0alienumque\u00a0exit\u00a0in\u00a0orbem;
\nquantus\u00a0et\u00a0ille\u00a0sacri\u00a0spiris\u00a0intorta\u00a0movebat
\ncornua\u00a0Parnassi,\u00a0donec\u00a0tibi,\u00a0Delie,\u00a0fixus
\nvexit\u00a0harundineam\u00a0centeno\u00a0volnere\u00a0silvam.
\nQuis\u00a0tibi,\u00a0parve,\u00a0deus\u00a0tam\u00a0magni\u00a0pondera\u00a0fati
\nsorte\u00a0dedit?\u00a0tune\u00a0hoc\u00a0vix\u00a0prima\u00a0ad\u00a0limina\u00a0vitae
\nhoste\u00a0iaces?\u00a0an\u00a0ut\u00a0inde\u00a0sacer\u00a0per\u00a0saecula\u00a0Grais
\ngentibus\u00a0et\u00a0tanto\u00a0dignus\u00a0morerere\u00a0sepulcro?
\noccidis\u00a0extremae\u00a0destrictus\u00a0verbere\u00a0caudae
\nignaro\u00a0serpente\u00a0puer,\u00a0fugit\u00a0ilicet\u00a0artus
\nsomnus,\u00a0et\u00a0in\u00a0solam\u00a0patuerunt\u00a0lumina\u00a0mortem.
\ncum\u00a0tamen\u00a0attonito\u00a0moriens\u00a0vagitus\u00a0in\u00a0auras
\nexcidit\u00a0et\u00a0ruptis\u00a0immutuit\u00a0ore\u00a0querellis,
\nqualia\u00a0non\u00a0totas\u00a0peragunt\u00a0insomnia\u00a0voces,
\naudiit\u00a0Hypsipyle,\u00a0facilemque\u00a0negantia\u00a0cursum
\nexanimis\u00a0genua\u00a0aegra\u00a0rapit;\u00a0iam\u00a0certa\u00a0malorum
\nmentis\u00a0ab\u00a0augurio\u00a0sparsoque\u00a0per\u00a0omnia\u00a0visu
\nlustrat\u00a0humum\u00a0quaerens\u00a0et\u00a0nota\u00a0vocabula\u00a0parvo
\nnequiquam\u00a0ingeminans:\u00a0nusquam\u00a0ille,\u00a0et\u00a0prata\u00a0recentes
\namisere\u00a0notas,\u00a0viridi\u00a0piger\u00a0accubat\u00a0hostis
\ncollectus\u00a0gyro\u00a0spatiosaque\u00a0iugera\u00a0complet,
\nsic\u00a0etiam\u00a0obliqua\u00a0cervicem\u00a0expostus\u00a0in\u00a0alvo.
\nhorruit\u00a0infelix\u00a0visu\u00a0longoque\u00a0profundum
\nincendit\u00a0clamore\u00a0nemus;\u00a0nec\u00a0territus\u00a0ille,
\nsed\u00a0iacet;\u00a0Argolicas\u00a0ululatus\u00a0flebilis\u00a0aures
\nimpulit;\u00a0extemplo\u00a0monitu\u00a0ducis\u00a0advolat\u00a0ardens
\nArcas\u00a0eques\u00a0causamque\u00a0refert,\u00a0tunc\u00a0squamea\u00a0demum
\ntorvus\u00a0ad\u00a0armorum\u00a0radios\u00a0fremitumque\u00a0virorum
\ncolla\u00a0movet:\u00a0rapit\u00a0ingenti\u00a0conamine\u00a0saxum,
\nquo\u00a0discretus\u00a0ager,\u00a0vacuasque\u00a0impellit\u00a0in\u00a0auras
\narduus\u00a0Hippomedon,\u00a0quo\u00a0turbine\u00a0bellica\u00a0quondam
\nlibrati\u00a0saliunt\u00a0portarum\u00a0in\u00a0claustra\u00a0molares.
\ncassa\u00a0ducis\u00a0virtus:\u00a0iam\u00a0mollia\u00a0colla\u00a0refusus
\nin\u00a0tergum\u00a0serpens\u00a0venientem\u00a0evaserat\u00a0ictum,
\ndat\u00a0sonitum\u00a0tellus,\u00a0nemorumque\u00a0per\u00a0avia\u00a0densi
\ndissultant\u00a0nexus.\u2018at\u00a0non\u00a0mea\u00a0vulnera\u2019\u00a0clamat
\net\u00a0trabe\u00a0fraxinea\u00a0Capaneus\u00a0subit\u00a0obvius\u00a0\u2018umquam
\neffugies,\u00a0seu\u00a0tu\u00a0pavidi\u00a0ferus\u00a0incola\u00a0luci,
\nsive\u00a0deis,\u00a0utinamque\u00a0deis,\u00a0concessa\u00a0voluptas,
\nnon,\u00a0si\u00a0consertum\u00a0super\u00a0haec\u00a0mihi\u00a0membra\u00a0Giganta
\nsubveheres.\u2019\u00a0volat\u00a0hasta\u00a0tremens\u00a0et\u00a0hiantia\u00a0monstri
\nora\u00a0subit\u00a0linguaeque\u00a0secat\u00a0fera\u00a0vinela\u00a0trisulcae,
\nperque\u00a0iubas\u00a0stantes\u00a0capitisque\u00a0insigne\u00a0corusci
\nemicat,\u00a0et\u00a0nigri\u00a0sanie\u00a0perfusa\u00a0cerebri
\nAgitur\u00a0alta\u00a0solo.\u00a0longus\u00a0vix\u00a0tota\u00a0peregit
\nmembra\u00a0dolor,\u00a0rapido\u00a0celer\u00a0ille\u00a0volumine\u00a0telum
\ncircuit\u00a0avulsumque\u00a0ferens\u00a0in\u00a0opaca\u00a0refugit
\ntempla\u00a0dei;\u00a0hic\u00a0magno\u00a0tellurem\u00a0pondere\u00a0mensus
\nimplorantem\u00a0animam\u00a0dominis\u00a0adsibilat\u00a0aris.
\nillum\u00a0et\u00a0cognatae\u00a0stagna\u00a0indignantia\u00a0Lernae,
\nfloribus\u00a0et\u00a0vernis\u00a0adsuetae\u00a0spargere\u00a0Nymphae,
\net\u00a0Nemees\u00a0reptatus\u00a0ager,\u00a0lucosque\u00a0per\u00a0omnis
\nsilvicolae\u00a0fracta\u00a0gemuistis\u00a0harundine,\u00a0Fauni,
\nipse\u00a0etiam\u00a0e\u00a0summa\u00a0iam\u00a0tela\u00a0poposcerat\u00a0aethra
\nIuppiter,\u00a0et\u00a0dudum\u00a0nimbique\u00a0hiemesque\u00a0coibant,
\nni\u00a0minor\u00a0ira\u00a0deo\u00a0gravioraque\u00a0tela\u00a0mereri
\nservatus\u00a0Capaneus;\u00a0moti\u00a0tamen\u00a0aura\u00a0cucurrit
\nfulminis\u00a0et\u00a0summas\u00a0libavit\u00a0vertice\u00a0cristas.<\/p>\n

DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 83. Translation can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thebaid\u00a04.716-22, 739-45, 775-96, 5.505-87 The Dragon of Nemea is slain by Hippomedon and Capaneus, in the most expansive account of the episode. 4.716-22: una\u00a0tamen\u00a0tacitas\u00a0sed\u00a0iussu\u00a0numinis\u00a0undas haec\u00a0quoque\u00a0secreta\u00a0nutrit\u00a0Langia\u00a0sub\u00a0umbra, nondum\u00a0illi\u00a0raptus\u00a0dederat\u00a0lacrimabile\u00a0nomen Archemorus,\u00a0nec\u00a0fama\u00a0deae;\u00a0tamen\u00a0avia\u00a0servat et\u00a0nemus\u00a0et\u00a0fluvium;\u00a0manet\u00a0ingens\u00a0gloria\u00a0Nympham, cum\u00a0tristem\u00a0Hypsipylen\u00a0ducibus\u00a0sudatus\u00a0Achaeis ludus\u00a0et\u00a0atra\u00a0sacrum\u00a0recolet\u00a0trieteris\u00a0Ophelten. 4.739-45: Tandem\u00a0inter\u00a0silvas\u2014sic\u00a0Euhius\u00a0ipse\u00a0pararat\u2014 errantes\u00a0subitam\u00a0pulchro\u00a0in\u00a0maerore\u00a0tuentur Hypsipyles;\u00a0illi\u00a0quamvis\u00a0et\u00a0ad\u00a0ubera\u00a0Opheltes non\u00a0suus.\u00a0Inachii\u00a0proles\u00a0infausta\u00a0Lycurgi. dependet\u2014neglecta\u00a0comam\u00a0nec\u00a0dives\u00a0amictu\u2014 regales\u00a0tamen\u00a0ore\u00a0notae,\u00a0nec\u00a0mersus\u00a0acerbis exstat\u00a0honos. 4.775-96: mecum\u00a0age\u00a0nunc.\u00a0si\u00a0forte\u00a0vado\u00a0Langia\u00a0perennes servat\u00a0aquas;\u00a0solet\u00a0et\u00a0rabidi\u00a0sub\u00a0limite\u00a0Caneri semper,\u00a0et\u00a0Icarii\u00a0quamvis\u00a0iuba\u00a0fulguret\u00a0astri, ire\u00a0tamen.\u2019\u00a0simul\u00a0haerentem,\u00a0ne\u00a0tarda\u00a0Pelasgis dux\u00a0foret,\u00a0a!\u00a0miserum\u00a0vicino\u00a0caespite\u00a0alumnum\u2014 sic\u00a0Parcae\u00a0volvere\u2014locat\u00a0ponique\u00a0negantis floribus\u00a0adgestis\u00a0et\u00a0amico\u00a0murmure\u00a0dulces solatur\u00a0lacrimas:\u00a0qualis\u00a0Berecyntia\u00a0mater, dum\u00a0parvum\u00a0circa\u00a0iubet\u00a0exsultare\u00a0Tonantem Curetas\u00a0trepidos;\u00a0illi\u00a0certantia\u00a0plaudunt orgia,\u00a0sed\u00a0magnis\u00a0resonat\u00a0vagitibus\u00a0Ide. 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