Death & Dying
Professors IX. — To Jucundus, the Grammarian of Bordeaux, the Brother of Leontius
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book V. — The Professors of Bordeaux
Although men say you had rashly assumed your chair, and think you did not deserve to be called a grammarian, yet my voice shall hail you, Jucundus, so simple and so kind, my friend and my companion, whom I love the better for this aim of yours: since you loved so honourable a title, although unequal to it, I must commemorate you here among men of worth.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Professors IX. — To Jucundus, the Grammarian of Bordeaux, the Brother of Leontius.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/48/.
Chicago
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Professors IX. — To Jucundus, the Grammarian of Bordeaux, the Brother of Leontius.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/48/.
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