Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 5 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You wish to marry Priscus; I don't wonder, Paula; you are wise. Priscus does not wish to marry you: he, too, is wise.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 5 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1072/.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 5 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1072/.
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