Thursday, 21 September 2023

Poetry and Gout

Ennius, Ennianae poesis reliquiae, ed. by Johannes Vahlen, 2nd edn (Leipzig: Teubner, 1903), p. 210 [Enn. Sat. Lib. Inc.V.64]:

numquam poetor nisi si podager
 
I never write poetry unless my feet are swollen with gout.

My translation.