His Own Epitaph by Lucan (?). Heathcote William Garrod, comp. 1912. The Oxford Book of Latin Verse

Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960). The Oxford Book of Latin Verse. 1912.

His Own Epitaph

Lucan (?) (A.D. 39–A.D. 65)


CORDVBA me genuit, rapuit Nero, praelia dixi.
quae gessere pares hinc socer, inde gener.
continuo numquam direxi carmina ductu,
quae tractim serpant: plus mihi comma placet.
fulminis in morem, quae sint miranda, citentur:	5
haec uere sapiet dictio, quae feriet!