Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 16 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You who were long a baker, Cyperus, now conduct cases, and look to make two hundred thousand sesterces a year; but you squander them, and are continually raising loans. You do not part from your role of baker, Cyperus; you make your bread — and make your dust fly too.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 16 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1001/.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 16 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1001/.
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