Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 23 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
O thou whose lot has been to gleam with the Virgin's gold, say, Carus, where is the prize Pallas gave thee? "Seest thou there our master's face bright in marble? My crown unprompted passed to those locks." The patriot oak may envy Alba's olive for that it fii'st wreathed that unconquered brow.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 23 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1090/.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 23 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1090/.
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