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Epigram VIII. — On Rufus a Rhetorician

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

Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters

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Reminisco, wrote Rufus in his verse: so then the verse — nay, Rufus — has no cor (wit).

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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram VIII. — On Rufus a Rhetorician.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/211/.

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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram VIII. — On Rufus a Rhetorician.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/211/.

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