C. 229
(AL, 1.1, 213, 261)
Mirador should be here!
GRABINSCHRIFT DES BALLISTA
EPITAPHIUM BALLISTAE
Beschreibung
This epigram, an epitaph of Ballista, is wrongly quoted as a work of the youthful Virgil in a number of ancient biographies.
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| 1 | Monte sub hoc lapidum tegitur Ballista sepultus: | Unter diesem Berg aus Steinen liegt Ballista gut bedeckt begraben: | Ballista
Some sources explain that Ballista was a teacher of Virgil who later became a bandit. Most probably he is a fictitious person whose name is used to make a joke: Ballista (‘Catapult’) does not shoot any stones but perishes in a hail of stones himself. Stoning, by the way, was not an established form of punishment in ancient Italy.
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| 2 | Nocte, die[que] tutum carpe, viator, iter. | Bei Nacht und bei Tag, Reisender, lege deinen Weg in Sicherheit zurück. |
Tit. et 1 Ballist- AL : babtist- O
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die AL : dieque O
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carpe AL : carpie O