Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 89 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You swathe your head in wool, Charinus; but it is not with your ears that it goes sadly, but with your hair.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 89 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1440/.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 89 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1440/.
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