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Epigram XXXVI. — On Pergamus, a Runaway Scribe, who had been caught
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
As lazy a scribe as a sluggish runner, thou, Pergamus, didst run away and wert caught at the first lap. Therefore thou hast felt letters branded, Pergamus, upon thy face, and those which thy right hand neglected thy brow endures.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXXVI. — On Pergamus, a Runaway Scribe, who had been caught.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/239/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXXVI. — On Pergamus, a Runaway Scribe, who had been caught.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/239/.
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