Marcus Valerius Martialis
1st-2nd c. AD (over 1,900 years ago)
Trans. RMBullard
Latin (Silver Age)
Iunctam Pasiphaen Dictaeo credite tauro:
[Believe that Pasiphae, the girl of Dicte, was tied to a bull:]
uidimus, accepit fabula prisca fidem.
[we can see it: the old story gains your trust.]
Nec se miretur, Caesar, longaeua uetustas:
[Nor, Caesar, can long-lived old age wonder upon it:]
quidquid fama canit, praestat harena tibi.
[whatever famous stories sing, now stands in the arena before you.]
