Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 18 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Nuts appear a small stake, and one not ruinous; yet often has that stake made prize of boys' buttocks.
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