The Thebaid is a Latin epic in 12 books written in dactylic hexameter by Publius Papinius Statius . The poem deals with the Theban cycle and treats the assault of the seven champions of Argos against the city of Thebes.
“Fear first made gods in the world.”
Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.
Source: Thebaid, Book III, Line 661. These words also appear in a fragmentary poem attributed to Petronius (Fragm. 22. 1).
“The flame-appointed pyre.”
Damnatus flammae torus.
Source: Thebaid, Book VI, Line 55 (tr. J. H. Mozley)
