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Epigram XLVI. — Written under a Portrait of Antisthenes the Cynic
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
"I AM the first discoverer of the Cynic rule." "How can that be? Men say Alcides long preceded thee." "Once I was second with Alcides for my master; now I am the first Cynic and he a god."
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XLVI. — Written under a Portrait of Antisthenes the Cynic.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/249/.
Chicago
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XLVI. — Written under a Portrait of Antisthenes the Cynic.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/249/.
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