Death & Dying
Parentalia XXVIII. — Julia Idalia, my Cousin
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book IV. — Parentalia
Little Idalia, too, is gone, who received the title of the Paphian queen, and herself won Venus' beauty; who by birth was well-nigh my sister. For this was the child of my aunt, whom my dirge now honours with the loving homage of a mournful strain.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Parentalia XXVIII. — Julia Idalia, my Cousin.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/36/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Parentalia XXVIII. — Julia Idalia, my Cousin.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/36/.
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