Monday, September 19, 2016

Life After Betrayal

Cum sitis similes paresque vita,
uxor pessima, pessimus maritus,
miror, non bene convenire vobis.

Bad wife, bad husband, like as pea to pea,
I really wonder that you can’t agree.

Simili siete, e di costumi uguali,
moglie pessima e pessimo marito.
È meraviglia che vi contendiate!

Martial, Epigrams, Book 8, XXXV
English translation by A. L. Francis and H. F. Tatum
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini


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