Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 97 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
While the lightly-heaped pyre was being laid with papyrus for the flame, while his weeping wife was buying myrrh and casia, when now the grave, when now the bier, when now the anointer was ready, Numa wrote me down his heir, and — got well!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Cite this poem
MLA
Martial. “Book X, Epigram 97 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1254/.
Chicago
Martial. “Book X, Epigram 97 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1254/.
Read this poem with the Codex →