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ausonius
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ausonius
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Sunday, 14 August 2016
Ausonius, epigrams 57 and 60: creeping into the mind of women.
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Writing from the perspective of a famous person – mythical or historical, was common practice in Latin literature. Famous are the Ovid’...
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Ausonius on a nouveau riche.
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We all know people boasting on their wealth, I mean not knowing personally, but from newspapers and television. Some even want to becom...
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Sunday, 31 August 2014
Ausonius, epigram 14: last time making love?
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Some time ago I published a post with an epigram of Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395). I noticed I still had the edition with commentary by Ni...
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Ausonius to his wife.
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Decimus Magnus Ausonius (310 Bordeaux – 393/4) was the most famous poet and teacher of rhetoric of his time. He was summoned to Rome to...
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