Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 18 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Marius invites no one to dinner, and sends no presents, and is surety for no one, and is unwilling to lend — in fact he has nothing. Yet a crowd is at hand to court so unprofitable a friend. Alas! what dolts, O Rome, your clients are!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 18 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1181/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 18 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1181/.
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