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Book X, Epigram 89 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Juno, thy work, Polyclitus, bringing thee proud glory, such as the hands of Phidias might be eager to have won, shines in beauty such as on Ida would have o'ercome the goddesses condemned by no hesitating judge. - Did not her brotiier love his own Juno, Polyclitus, that brother might well have loved this Juno of thine!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 89 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1246/.
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