Saturday, April 22, 2006
The Descent of Man
A few weeks ago I printed Palladas' epigram on the Descent of Man. Now I see that Thomas More translated it into Latin, with the title In hominis nativitatem (e Graeco), as number 59 of his epigrams:
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Heus homo si memor es, quid te dum gigneret, egit
tum pater, ex animo iam tumor ille cadet.
At Plato te fastu dum somniat inflat inani,
aeternumque vocat semen et aethereum.
Factus es ecce luto, quid suspicis alta? sed istud
plasmate qui te ornat nobiliore feret.
Quin si vera voles audire, libidine foeda
natus es e coitu, guttula et e misera.
