Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 44: De Thaide & Lecania
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Thais her teeth are black and nought,
Lecania's white are grown,
But what's the reason; these are bought,
The other wears her own.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 44: De Thaide & Lecania.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/108/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 44: De Thaide & Lecania.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/108/.
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