Social Commentaries
Book XIII, 57: Egyptian Beans (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You will scoff at this vegetable from Nile and its tenacious threads when with teeth and hands you draw out its stubborn fibres.
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Martial. “Book XIII, 57: Egyptian Beans (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1502/.
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Martial. “Book XIII, 57: Egyptian Beans (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1502/.
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