Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 3: Tablets of Citrus-wood (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Had not our wood been cut into thin plates, we should have been the noble burden of a Libyan tusk.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 3: Tablets of Citrus-wood (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1567/.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 3: Tablets of Citrus-wood (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1567/.
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