Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 39 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
This day was the first that dawned upon the Thunderer of the Palatine, a day whereon Cybele would have chosen to bring forth Jove; on this day, too, was born Caesonia, my Rufus' wife revered: no maid owes to her mother more than she. Her spouse rejoices in a twofold granting of prayer: this day it has fallen to him to cherish with a double love.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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