Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 87 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
CoTTA, after complaining that he had twice lost his house-shoes while he brought with him a careless attendant, the only slave that serves for and makes up his staff, thought out — sagacious and acute man I — how to avoid such a loss too often. He now goes out to dine without outdoor shoes!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 87 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1438/.
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