Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 39 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
I detest you because you are a pretty fellow, Sabellus. 'Tis a disgusting object, and so is pretty Sabellus. In a word, I prefer a pretty fellow to Sabellus. May you go off into a pretty decline, Sabellus.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 39 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1393/.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 39 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1393/.
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