Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 47 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Go far off, you young men; unstrenuous age befits me: with the bladder-ball it becomes boys to play, with the bladder-ball old men.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 47 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1611/.
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