Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Infantem tibi vir, tibi, Galla, remisit adulter.
Hi, puto non dubie se futuisse negant.

Your husband’s rejected your child,

your lover has too:
Galla, they clearly deny laying a finger on you.

Galla, il marito ed anche l’amante
ti hanno rispedito l’infante.
Entrambi smentiscono così
d’averti chiavato quel dì!

Martial, Epigrams, Book 10, XCV
English translation by John Patrick Sullivan
Italian translation by Franco Zagato


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