Peter Heslin
Durham University
Statius, Achilleid
Peter Heslin /
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Latin
English
Magnanimum Aeaciden formidatamque Tonanti
progeniem et patrio vetitam succedere caelo ,
diva , refer . quamquam acta viri multum inclita cantu
Maeonio sed plura vacant , nos ire per omnem
sic amor est – heroa velis Scyroque latentem
Dulichia proferre tuba nec in Hectore tracto
sistere , sed tota iuvenem deducere Troia .
progeniem et patrio vetitam succedere caelo ,
diva , refer . quamquam acta viri multum inclita cantu
Maeonio sed plura vacant , nos ire per omnem
sic amor est – heroa velis Scyroque latentem
Dulichia proferre tuba nec in Hectore tracto
sistere , sed tota iuvenem deducere Troia .
Tell
,
O
goddess
,
of
great-hearted
Aeacides
and
of
the
progeny
that
the
Thunderer
feared
and
forbade
to
inherit
his
father’s
heaven
.
1
Highly
renowned
are
the
warrior’s
deeds
in
Maeonian
song
,
2
but
more
remains
untold
:
suffer
me
–
for
such
is
my
desire
–
to
recount
the
whole
story
of
the
hero
,
to
summon
him
forth
from
his
hiding-place
in
Scyros
with
the
Dulichian
trumpet
,
3
and
not
to
stop
short
at
the
dragging
of
Hector
,
but
to
lead
the
youth
through
the
whole
tale
of
Troy
.