Living
Epigram XLIX. — To Liber Pater
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
I AM Osiris of the Egyptians, Phanaces of the Mysians, Bacchus among the living, Adoneus among the dead. Fire-born, Twy-horned, Titan-slayer, Dionysus.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XLIX. — To Liber Pater.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/252/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XLIX. — To Liber Pater.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/252/.
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