Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 67: Ad Pannicum de Gellia uxore
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Pannicus dost desire to know
Why thy Gellia keeps I trow
Eunuches only with her still?
Tis thy cunning Gellia's will,
To have the secret active sport,
Yet feel no throws nor anguish for't.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 67: Ad Pannicum de Gellia uxore.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/147/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 67: Ad Pannicum de Gellia uxore.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/147/.
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