Social Commentaries
Book XIII, 44: Sows Paps (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You would think it not yet a dish of udder, so full-flowing is the dug, and so does the pap swell with living milk.
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Martial. “Book XIII, 44: Sows Paps (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1489/.
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Martial. “Book XIII, 44: Sows Paps (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1489/.
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