[Translation from Statius, Thebaid IX 319-26] Thomas Gray Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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[ Translation from Statius , Thebaid IX 319-26 ] Crenaeus , whom the nymph Ismenis bore To Faunus on the Theban river's shore , With new-born heat amidst his native stream Exults in arms , which cast an iron gleam . In this clear wave he first beheld the day ; On the green bank first taught his steps to stray , To skim the parent flood and on the margin play : Fear he disdains and scorns the power of fate , Secure within his mother's watery state . The youth exulting stems the bloody tide , Visits each bank and stalks with martial pride , While old Ismenus' gently-rolling wave Delights the favourite youth within its flood to lave . Whether the youth obliquely steers his course Or cuts the downward stream with equal force , The indulgent river strives his steps to aid .