Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 116 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
This grove, and the fair acres of tilled land, Faenius has consecrated to the eternal honour of the dead. In this sepulchre is shut Antulla, snatched too quickly from her own; in this shall both Antulla's parents blend their dust. If someone covets this small field, I warn him not to hope: for all time shall it lie subject to its lords.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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