History & Politics
Famous Cities XVI. — Catana. XVII. — Syracuse
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XI. — The Order of Famous Cities
Who would not tell of Catana? Who not, of fourfold - Syracuse? — the one renowned for the devotion of the fire-scathed brethren, the other enfolding the marvellous fount and river, where, flowing beneath the salt waves of the Ionian Sea, they join in fellowship their sweet waters in the abode which pleases them — exchanging there the kisses of their waters untainted by the brine.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Famous Cities XVI. — Catana. XVII. — Syracuse.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/145/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Famous Cities XVI. — Catana. XVII. — Syracuse.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/145/.
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