Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 57 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
A pound of silver plate you used to send me; it has become half a jiound, and of pepper too! I don't buy pepper so dear/ Sextus.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 57 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1219/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 57 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1219/.
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