Shorter Poems
Translated by Maurice Platnauer
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The opening
To Stilicho.
Crown with a wreath of flowers, Stilicho, that head more often graced with the shining helmet. Bid cease the trumpets and let the happy marriagetorch banish fierce war afar. Let the blood derived from a kingly race flow on through royal veins. Do a father’s duty and establish the firm bond of wedlock between thy daughter and adoptive son. Thou wert an emperor’s son-in-law; now an emperor will be thine. What cause is there now for envy, what excuse for jealousy? Stilicho is at once father and father-in-law.
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About this edition
- The words
- Maurice Platnauer's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places