| EPIGRAMS - VI.52 | PANTAGATHUS |
| Martial (M. Valerius Martialis) | trans. David Lisle Crane |
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Hoc iacet in tumulo raptus puerilibus annis Pantagathus, domini cura dolorque sui, Vix tangente vagos ferro resecare capillos Doctus et hirsutas excoluisse genas. Sis licet, ut debes, tellus, placata levisque, Artificis levior non potes esse manu. |
here snatched to his grave from his boyish years lies pantagathos the beloved and the sorrow of his lord who could cut unruly hair with a knife that scarcely touched it - lie earth as you should on him gentle and light light as his hand on me |
Trans. Copyright © David Crane 2003