Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 76 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
A flagon of wine is sold for twenty pence, a peck of corn for four. The husbandman is drunk and overfed, but has nothing.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 76 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1428/.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 76 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1428/.
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