Death & Dying
Parentalia XXI. — Attusia Lucana Talisia and Minucius Regulus, my Sister and Brother-in-Law
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book IV. — Parentalia
Though slight was my acquaintance with you, Attusia, and though I had none at all with him who was your husband, yet you are own sister of my wife Sabina, and you also, Regulus, rank as my brother-in-law. Wherefore, since ye have names which are so dear to me, let me touch you with the homage of my sorrowing verse. For although ye be buried far from here in the soil of Saintes, yet the last homage can find its way to the souls of the departed.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Parentalia XXI. — Attusia Lucana Talisia and Minucius Regulus, my Sister and Brother-in-Law.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/29/.
Chicago
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Parentalia XXI. — Attusia Lucana Talisia and Minucius Regulus, my Sister and Brother-in-Law.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/29/.
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