Social Commentaries

Book VII, Epigram 72: Ad Maximum

by Martial c. 40–c. 104

Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)

Social Commentaries

Thou hast a house on the Aventine hill,
Another where Dianan's worshipped still,
In the Patrician street more of them stand,
Hence thou beholdst within thine eyes command
The widdowed Cybells, thence Vesta with all,
There either Jove earth'd in the Capitall.
Where shall I meet thee? tell, where wilt appear.
'He dwels just no where, that dwels every where.

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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 72: Ad Maximum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/169/.

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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 72: Ad Maximum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/169/.

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