Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 39 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You swear, Lesbia, you were born when Brutus was consul: you lie. Were you born, Lesbia, when Numa was king? There, too, you lie; for — as your generations declare — you are said to be fashioned of Promethean clay.''
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 39 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1202/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 39 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1202/.
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