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Epigram XIV. — On the Man who found a Treasure when he meant to hang himself (from the Greek)
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
He who was knotting a halter for his own neck, found gold and buried the halter in the treasure's place. But he who had hidden the gold, not finding it, fitted about his neck the halter which he found.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XIV. — On the Man who found a Treasure when he meant to hang himself (from the Greek).” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/217/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XIV. — On the Man who found a Treasure when he meant to hang himself (from the Greek).” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/217/.
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