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Epigram LXIV. — On Pallas offering to do Combat with Venus
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
At Lacedaemon Pallas saw Venus armed. "Now," quoth she, "let us contend, even with Paris for judge." Venus replied: "When I am armed, rash maid, dost thou despise me, seeing that when I conquered thee I was bare f"
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXIV. — On Pallas offering to do Combat with Venus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/266/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXIV. — On Pallas offering to do Combat with Venus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/266/.
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