Arts & Sciences

Technopaegnion XII. — By Question and Answer

by Decimus Magnus Ausonius c. AD 310 – c. 395

Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XII. — The Technopaegnion

Arts & Sciences

On whom does the penalty devolve in a capital charge? On him who gives hail. But if the case be one of money what assurance will be given? A bond. Who is matched with the 'mirmillo t The ambidextrous gladiator of Thrace. Amongst good folk what is Mercury called." A thief. Besides the censer and the bowl, what third vessel is the gods'. The dish. What island girdled by the sea produced Hippocrates? Cos. Did Minos' wife care more for herds or realms? For herds. What besides a cloud was hung over the Phaeacians? A hill. Say, what grows more fat on sleep though it ceases to eat. The shrew. Tell me, what makes hides fit for shields? Glue. ' Sponte "is ablative; what will be its nominative? Spans. What four-footed thing shares with birds in the auspices? The mouse. What floats on the sea which sinks in a river? Pitch. What contains twice six equal parts? The (Roman) pound. If four ounces are subtracted, what is left? Two-thirds.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Technopaegnion XII. — By Question and Answer.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/155/.

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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Technopaegnion XII. — By Question and Answer.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/155/.

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