Effert uxores Fabius, Chrestilla maritos,
funereanque toris quassat uterque facem. Victores committe, Venus: quos iste manebit exitus, una duos ut Libitina ferat. Fabius buries his wives, Chrestilla her husbands, And each of them waves the funeral torch over a marriage-bed. Match the victors, Venus; this is the end that will await them — One funeral to convey the pair. Fabio sotterra le mogli, sotterra Crestilla i mariti; e sul letto ambedue squassan la funebre face. I vittoriosi congiungi, o Venere, ché Libitina con un sol funerale li porti via tutt’e due. |
Martial, Epigrams, Book 8, XLIII
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
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