Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 100 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
I Why, you fool, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you, wretched fellow, to do with a book that is at odds with you? Why do ou try to herd foxes with lions, and to make owls like eagles? You may possess one foot as swift as Ladas/ yet, you stupid, you run in vain with a leg of wood.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 100 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1257/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 100 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1257/.
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