Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 55: Whip (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You will make no way with this whip though you may continually use the lash, if your courser be of the Purple faction.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 55: Whip (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1619/.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 55: Whip (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1619/.
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