I Told You I Was ill
Nice on, Armand. My favourite is probably I. 47-:
Nuper erat medicus, nunc est vispillo Diaulus:
quod vispillo facit, fecerat et medicus.
Diaulus used to be a doctor, they say;
now, he’s an undertaker, be that as it may.
So, what he now does to spirit folk away
he also did - and often - back in the day.
Thank you!
I’ve also translated that one, as…
Diaulus was of late a doctor true,
Until an undertaker he became.
The things an undertaker has to do -
He did them as a doctor just the same.
Touché!
I used to introduce 6th Formers to Martial, ostensibly to practise the elegiac couplet and its metre; they usually clamoured for 'more epigrams'.
They are moreish, it’s true.
Nice on, Armand. My favourite is probably I. 47-:
Nuper erat medicus, nunc est vispillo Diaulus:
quod vispillo facit, fecerat et medicus.
Diaulus used to be a doctor, they say;
now, he’s an undertaker, be that as it may.
So, what he now does to spirit folk away
he also did - and often - back in the day.
Thank you!
I’ve also translated that one, as…
Diaulus was of late a doctor true,
Until an undertaker he became.
The things an undertaker has to do -
He did them as a doctor just the same.
Touché!
I used to introduce 6th Formers to Martial, ostensibly to practise the elegiac couplet and its metre; they usually clamoured for 'more epigrams'.
They are moreish, it’s true.