Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 7 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
When you had returned from the tribes of Libja, Afer, five days running I wanted to say "Good day I "' "He is engaged," or "He is taking a siesta," was the message when I had returned twice and three times. Enough! Afer, you don't want a "Good day": "Good bye."
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 7 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1074/.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 7 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1074/.
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