Martial 1.13
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Martial 1.13
I borrowed this from the Latin Library, it is also on page 281 of Wheelock's (6th Edition). I didn't use the Wheelock's edition because I wanted to see how I would do without any footnotes. I would like someone (or a few people) to look over my translation, please. It's a very nice poem, both in rhythm and in meaning.
Martial 1.13
Casta suo gladium cum traderet Arria Paeto,
quem de uisceribus strinxerat ipsa suis,
'Si qua fides, uulnus quod feci non dolet,' inquit,
'sed tu quod facies, hoc mihi, Paete, dolet.'
When loyal Arria handed the sword to her own Paetus,
which she herself had drawn out of her own viscera,
"Believe me, the wound I have made does not hurt," she said,
"but what you will do, this to me, Paetus, is painful."
- If you don't know, it's a poem about a wife who kills herself before handing the very same sword to her husband who has already decided to commit suicide after being exposed for the role he played in a conspiracy against Emperor Claudius. An exemplary display of the Roman ideas of feminine virtue.
Martial 1.13
Casta suo gladium cum traderet Arria Paeto,
quem de uisceribus strinxerat ipsa suis,
'Si qua fides, uulnus quod feci non dolet,' inquit,
'sed tu quod facies, hoc mihi, Paete, dolet.'
When loyal Arria handed the sword to her own Paetus,
which she herself had drawn out of her own viscera,
"Believe me, the wound I have made does not hurt," she said,
"but what you will do, this to me, Paetus, is painful."
- If you don't know, it's a poem about a wife who kills herself before handing the very same sword to her husband who has already decided to commit suicide after being exposed for the role he played in a conspiracy against Emperor Claudius. An exemplary display of the Roman ideas of feminine virtue.
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Thanks, Skylax.
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Re: Martial 1.13
I chanced across this thread while searching for something else, and thought I'd resurrect it.
I'll post here one a day until I run out.
Chaste Arria gives her Paetus the gimlet,
Drawn fresh from her personal giblets,
"It's just a scratch, see?
This wound don't hurt me,
Like the one you must take, you big dimwit!"
tee
When I was working on Wheelock a number of years ago, some muse possessed me to compose a limerick. And then another. And then another.benissimus wrote:Martial 1.13
Casta suo gladium cum traderet Arria Paeto,
quem de uisceribus strinxerat ipsa suis,
'Si qua fides, uulnus quod feci non dolet,' inquit,
'sed tu quod facies, hoc mihi, Paete, dolet.'
I'll post here one a day until I run out.
Chaste Arria gives her Paetus the gimlet,
Drawn fresh from her personal giblets,
"It's just a scratch, see?
This wound don't hurt me,
Like the one you must take, you big dimwit!"
tee
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Re: Martial 1.13
Chaste Arria -- a picture so sorro'ful,
Slides the blade, dripping her offal,
To Paetus, her love,
"A mild wound I drove,
But the one you must strike will be awful."
tee
Slides the blade, dripping her offal,
To Paetus, her love,
"A mild wound I drove,
But the one you must strike will be awful."
tee
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