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#LatinForTheDay – 10 May #Martial
“si qua videbuntur chartis tibi, lector, in istis
sive obscura nimis sive Latina parum,
non meus est error: nocuit librarius illis
dum properat versus annumerare tibi.
quod si non illum sed me peccasse putabis,...
#LatinForTheDay – 10 May #Martial
“si qua videbuntur chartis tibi, lector, in istis
sive obscura nimis sive Latina parum,
non meus est error: nocuit librarius illis
dum properat versus annumerare tibi.
quod si non illum sed me peccasse putabis,...
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‘ista tamen mala sunt.’ quasi nos manifesta negemus!
haec mala sunt, sed tu non meliora facis.”
Martial, Epigrams 2.8
Too obscure to you, or perhaps you find the Latin shoddy,
Then it’s not my mistake! It’s the copyist! He’s cocked up
In his haste to trot out this host of verses for you!...
Then I’ll be thinking that it’s YOU who’s got nowt up top!
“But they’re still bad!” Like I can deny what’s obvious!
Yes, they’re bloody terrible, but you couldn’t do better.’
Link - https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/favourite-poet-102419
#LatinForTheDay #Martial 🧵🏺