Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 5: Ivory Tablets (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Lest dark-coloured waxen tablets dim your failing eyesight, let black letters dye for you snow-white ivory.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 5: Ivory Tablets (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1569/.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 5: Ivory Tablets (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1569/.
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