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Epigram XCVII. — On Hylas seized by the Nymphs
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Behold with how sweet and proud a death is fair Hylas blessed tasting of joys that bring destruction! Doomed to perish amid kisses and fatal love, 'twere hard to say whether Naiads or Eumenides so afflict him.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XCVII. — On Hylas seized by the Nymphs.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/294/.
Chicago
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XCVII. — On Hylas seized by the Nymphs.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/294/.
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