“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).
Quotes from bookThebaid
StatiusOriginal title Thēbaïs (Latin)
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.
“The flame-appointed pyre.”
Damnatus flammae torus.
Source: Thebaid, Book VI, Line 55 (tr. J. H. Mozley)
