"Si quis forte mei domum Catonis, Depictas minio assulas, et illos Custodis videt hortulos Priapi: Miratur, quibus ille disciplinis Tantam sit sapientiam assecutus, Quem tres cauliculi, selibra farris. Racemi duo tegula sub una Ad summam prope nutriant senectam."
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Other translations: Geoffrey Johnson, "Cato's Way of Life" in L. R. Lind, ed., Latin Poetry in Verse Translation (1957), p. 53
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Marcus Furius Bibaculus
Marcus Furius Bibaculus (1st century BC) was a Roman poet who flourished during the last century of the Republic.
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