Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 26 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Tigresses not so many has the robber dreaded in Eastern fields by Ganges' side, as he flies with pale face on his Hyrcanian steed, as but now thy Rome, Germanicus, has seen, nor could she count what gave her delight. Thy Arena, Caesar, has surpassed Indian triumphs and the wealth and riches of the victor god; for Bacchus, while he drove beneath the yoke the captive Indians, was content with two tigresses alone.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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