Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 19 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Do you ask why I am loth to marry you, Galla? You are a blue-stocking. My manhood often commits a solecism.!
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 19 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1278/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 19 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1278/.
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