Ille velut pecoris lupus expugnator opimi, pectora tabenti … - Publius Papinius Statius

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Ille velut pecoris lupus expugnator opimi,
pectora tabenti sanie grauis hirtaque saetis
ora cruentata deformis hiantia lana,
decedit stabulis huc illuc turbida versans
lumina, si duri comperta clade sequantur
pastores, magnique fugit non inscius ausi.

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Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45 – c. 96) was a Roman poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature.

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Native Name: Statius

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Non ratus ore sacerdos,
damnataeque preces.

You, whom Venus of her grace united to me in the springtime of my days, and in old age keeps mine.

Ille coronatos iamdudum amplectitur ignes,
fatidicum sorbens vultu flagrante vaporem.

Ille velut pecoris lupus expugnator opimi, pectora tabenti sanie grauis hirtaque saetis ora cruentata deformis hiantia lana, decedit stabulis huc ill… - Publius Papinius Statius

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