Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 151: A Female Girdle (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Long enough am I now; but if your shape should swell under its grateful burden, then shall I become to you a narrow girdle.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 151: A Female Girdle (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1713/.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 151: A Female Girdle (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1713/.
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