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Epigram LXVI. — On Castor, Pollux, and Helen

by Decimus Magnus Ausonius c. AD 310 – c. 395

Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters

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Those whom thou seest springing from a triple egg, declare their ancestry doubtful on either side. These Nemesis conceived, but pregnant Leda bare them in her womb; Tyndareus to them was father and Juppiter: the one believes he is, the other knows.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXVI. — On Castor, Pollux, and Helen.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/268/.

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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXVI. — On Castor, Pollux, and Helen.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/268/.

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