Time & Brevity
Eclogue XIII. — On what Dates the Nones and Ides Fall in Various Months
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book VII. — The Eclogues
Sometimes the fourth dawn after the Calends opens the Nones, sometimes the sixth brings them back. The sixth brings them back as May, October, March come round, and July, who intrudes his season on the solstice. The remaining months have their Nones on the fourth day; while the Ides always come round on the eighth day after Nones.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Eclogue XIII. — On what Dates the Nones and Ides Fall in Various Months.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/113/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Eclogue XIII. — On what Dates the Nones and Ides Fall in Various Months.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/113/.
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