Silvae
P. Papinius Statius
dextra vetat pugnas, laevam Tritonia virgonon gravat et sectae praetendens colla Medusae:ceu stimulis accendit equum; nec dulcior usquamlecta deae sedes nec si, Pater, ipse teneres.
Thy right hand bids battles cease; thy left the Tritonian maiden overburdens not, and holding out Medusa's severed head incites thy steed as with a goad; never had the goddess choicer resting-place, not even if thou, O Father, didst hold her.
Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from P. Papinius Statius: Volume I. Silvae, Loeb Classical Library Vol. 206, translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 2003, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
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