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Epigram XLVIII. — An outlandish Medley to a marble Statue of Liber Pater in my Country House, having the attributes of various gods
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
The sons of Ogyges call me Bacchus, Egyptians think me Osiris, Mysians name me Phanaces, Indians regard me as Dionysus, Roman rites make me Liber, the Arab race thinks me Adoneus, Lucaniacus the Universal God.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XLVIII. — An outlandish Medley to a marble Statue of Liber Pater in my Country House, having the attributes of various gods.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/251/.
Chicago
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XLVIII. — An outlandish Medley to a marble Statue of Liber Pater in my Country House, having the attributes of various gods.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/251/.
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