Living
Epigram LXIII. — For a marble Statue of Niobe
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
I USED to live: I became stone, and then being polished by the hand of Praxiteles, I now live again as Niobe. The artist's hand has restored me all but sense: that, when I offended gods, I had not.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXIII. — For a marble Statue of Niobe.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/265/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXIII. — For a marble Statue of Niobe.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/265/.
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