Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 63 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You eye me, Philomusus, when I bathe, and continually enquire why I have with me smooth-cheeked boys so well developed. I will answer your question in plain terms: Philomusus, they assault meddlers.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 63 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1316/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 63 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1316/.
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