Eusebius Riddle 31: De caera
ALEXANDRAREIDER
Date: Mon 27 Dec 2021Original text:
Aequalem facie, scindit me vomer acutus,
At sulcata manens semper sum seminis expers.
Scissa premor post haec, sed sum speciosior inde.
Nunc ego verba tenens; nunc saepe repello tenebras.
Translation:
A sharp plough cuts me, smooth of face,
But although I remain grooved, I always lack seed.
Cut, I am pressed afterwards, but I am then more beautiful.
Now I hold words; now often I repel the darkness.
On the wax tablet
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