Arts & Sciences
Shorter Poems 12: Quintius’ Baths
Translated by Maurice Platnauer (1922) · From Shorter Poems
Arts & Sciences
Stay awhile and bathe in these waters, traveller; then set forth again upon thy journey refreshed.
An thou become its guest, warm will be thy gratitude towards him that built this bath and set it by the side of this long dusty road.
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MLA
Claudian. “Shorter Poems 12: Quintius’ Baths.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/39/.
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Claudian. “Shorter Poems 12: Quintius’ Baths.” Translated by Maurice Platnauer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/claudian/39/.
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