Living
Epigram LXX. — To Daedalus on the same Heifer
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
Daedalus, why wastest thou pains in idle craft? Rather expose me with Pasiphae enclosed within. If thou wouldst offer the allurement of a real cow, Myron's shall be for thee a living image.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXX. — To Daedalus on the same Heifer.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/272/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXX. — To Daedalus on the same Heifer.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/272/.
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