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Epigram IX. — For a Statue of the same Rhetorician
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
This is a statue of Rufus the Rhetorician; nothing more life-like: 'tis the man himself, so much lacks it tongue and brain. 'Tis stiff' and dumb and sees not: in these points it tallies. One single point of difference is there — he was a little softer.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram IX. — For a Statue of the same Rhetorician.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/212/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram IX. — For a Statue of the same Rhetorician.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/212/.
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