Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 83 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Nobody lives scot-free with you, unless he be rich and childless. Nobody, Sosibianus, lets his house on better terms.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 83 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1333/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 83 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1333/.
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