“You, whom Venus of her grace united to me in the springtime of my days, and in old age keeps mine.”
Nempe benigna
quam mihi sorte Venus iunctam florentibus annis
servat et in senium.
v, line 22 (tr. J. H. Mozley)
Silvae, Book III
Quotes from workSilvae
StatiusOriginal title Silvae (Latin)
The Silvae is a collection of Latin occasional poetry in hexameters, hendecasyllables, and lyric meters by Publius Papinius Statius . There are 32 poems in the collection, divided into five books. Each book contains a prose preface which introduces and dedicates the book. The subjects of the poetry are varied and provide scholars with a wealth of information on Domitian's Rome and Statius' life.
“Bacchei vineta madentia Gauri.”
The flowing vineyards of Bacchic Gaurus.
v, line 99
Silvae, Book III
