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Epigram LXXV. — On the same Heifer of Myron
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
A neatherd chanced to have lost a single heifer, and, bidden to deliver up the tale, complained that I was missing because I would not follow the others home.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXXV. — On the same Heifer of Myron.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/277/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXXV. — On the same Heifer of Myron.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/277/.
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