Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 95b (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
"Is the name ' Athenagoras ' a real one," you ask, Callistratus. May I be hanged if I know who Athenagoras is! But imagine, Callistratus, I mentioned a real name: not I, but your friend Athenagoras is at fault.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 95b (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1158/.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 95b (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1158/.
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