Latin · AI translation
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus, Technopaegnion
English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.
10.24–11.1
vellera depectit nemoralia vestifluus Ser.
The Ser, flowing in robes, combs out the fleeces of the woods.
nota in portentis Thebana tricorporibus Sphinx.
Known among three-bodied portents is the Theban Sphinx.
nota Caledoniis nuribus muliebre secus Strix,
Known to Caledonian wives, of female sex, is the Strix,
DE VERE PRIMO
ON EARLY SPRING
ANNUS ab exortu cum floriparum reserat ver,
When the year, from its rising, unlocks flower-bearing spring,
Translator's note. Every line of the original ends in a monosyllable (Ser, Sphinx, Strix, ver), which the English cannot keep. Line 10.26 is obscure: the strix is a night-bird of ill omen, and why it is “known to Caledonian wives” is unclear.
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