Living
Epigram XI. — The same Subject
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
"Is this a statue of Rufus the rhetorician?" "If 'tis of stone, 'tis Rufus's." "Why sayest thou so?" "Rufus himself was always made of stone."
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XI. — The same Subject.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/214/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XI. — The same Subject.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/214/.
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