Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 2 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Impenetrable by Sarmatian arrows, thou cuirass of our Lord, more trusty than the Getic shield of Mars, which, a safeguard even against the stroke of an Aetolian spear, the burnished hooves of unnumbered boars inwove, blest art thou in thy lot! whose right shall be to touch that sacred breast, and to warm with the spirit of our God! Go with him and win, undinted, mighty triumphs, and bring home — and that soon — our chief to the palm-embroidered gown.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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