Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 43 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Fabius buries his wives, Chrestilla her husbands, and each of them waves the funeral torch over a marriage-bed. Match the victors, Venus; this is the end that will await them — one funeral to convey the pair.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 43 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1028/.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 43 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1028/.
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