Friday, August 2, 2024

Too Little, Too Late, Narcissus! Ausonius, fragment 99


Name:  Ausonius

Date:  4th century CE

Region:  Aquitania, Gaul [modern France]

Citation:    Epigram 99

In this poem, Narcissus is coded as an asexual youth instead of gay: 

Narcissus, if you wanted to date someone,

You would have been successful.

But now that you’re abounding in love

There’s no one to reciprocate.

Si cuperes alium, posses, Narcisse, potiri.

Nunc tibi amoris adest copia, fructus abest.

 


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