Death & Dying
Epitaph XXV. — For Hecuba
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book VI. — Epitaphs on the Heroes who took part in the Trojan War
I WHO was a queen, I, famous Dymas' child, I, Priam's wife, I who bare Hector, I, Hecuba, perished here, o'erwhelmed with showers of stones, though not before the fury of my tongue had avenged me. Put not your trust in royal state, nor motherhood, nor lofty birth, ye who read this my Cynosema.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph XXV. — For Hecuba.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/91/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph XXV. — For Hecuba.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/91/.
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