Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 8 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Paula wishes to marry me: I decline to take Paula to wife; she is an old woman. I might be willing if she were older.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 8 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1172/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 8 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1172/.
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