Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 119 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
While I am called for by a snapping of the fingers,® and the home-born slave lingers, oh, how often has a pillow been made my rival!
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Martial. “Book XIV, 119 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1682/.
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