Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 21 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Artemidorus possesses a young slave, but has sold his land; the land Calliodorus possesses in exchange for the slave. Say, which of those two piade the better bargain, Auctus? Artemidorus has his pleasure, Calliodorus his plough.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 21 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1088/.
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