Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 54 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You lay out, Olus, handsome tables, but you lay them out covered. Absurd! I can possess in this fashion handsome tables.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 54 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1217/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 54 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1217/.
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