Gallus, but now our Cato's creditor
His Tusculanum offered through the town.
We wondered that the master without peer,
The great grammarian, chief among our poets,
Could solve all questions, solvent could not be.
Lo! Crates’ heart, mind of Zenodotus.
Catonis modo, Galle, Tusculanum
Tota creditor urbe venditabat.
Mirati sumus unicum magistrum,
Summum grammaticum, optumum poetam
Omnes solvere posse quaestiones,
Unum deficere expedire nomen:
En cor Zenodoti, en iecur Cratetis!
Tota creditor urbe venditabat.
Mirati sumus unicum magistrum,
Summum grammaticum, optumum poetam
Omnes solvere posse quaestiones,
Unum deficere expedire nomen:
En cor Zenodoti, en iecur Cratetis!