Friday, October 14, 2016

Homeopathy

Uxorem, Charideme, tuam scis ipse sinisque
a medico futui: vis sine febre mori.

You are quite aware that your physician, Charidemus,
is the lover of your wife; you know it, and permit it.
It is not by fever that you want to die.

O Caridemo, tu sai, e tolleri, che con un medico
si corichi tua moglie. Vuoi morir senza febbre?

Martial, Epigrams, Book 6, XXXI
English translation by Holden Caulfield
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini

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