Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 31 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
These, all the tresses from his head, Encolpos, the darling of his master the centurion, vows, Phoebus, to thee, when Pudens shall bring home the glad guerdon of his merit, a chief centurion's rank. Sever, Phoebus, with all speed these long locks while his soft cheeks are darkened not with any down, and while tumbled curls grace his milk-white neck; and, so that both master and boy may long enjoy thy gifts, make him soon shorn, but a man late!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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