Living
Epigram LXXII. — On the same Heifer now endowed with Breath
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
I HAD stood here a brazen heifer; a cow was slaughtered to Minerva; but the goddess transferred to me the life breathed forth. And now I am two-fold: part is brazen, part alive. This is ascribed to the artist's skill, that to the goddess.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXXII. — On the same Heifer now endowed with Breath.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/274/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXXII. — On the same Heifer now endowed with Breath.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/274/.
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