Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 16 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
His mirror, beauty's counsellor, and his darling locks — gifts dedicated to the god of Pergamus'-' — that boy has offered, who, in all the palace most dear to his master, by his name denotes the time of spring. Happy the land whose worth is gauged by such a gift! It would not choose instead even the tresses of Ganymede.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 16 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1083/.
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