Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 96 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
'Tis Marcia, not Rhine, that jets here, German; why withstand and elbow the boy from the gush of the precious pool? Barbarian, 'tis not meet that a citizen be thrust aside, and the victor's fountain slake a captive's thirst.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 96 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1343/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 96 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1343/.
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