Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 85 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
The bird, most lovely with its painted plumage, gives its name to a couch; it is now the bird of Juno, but once it was Argus.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 85 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1648/.
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