Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 159 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Is the bed-girth "too near the feather pillow you crush down. Accept fleeces shorn for Leuconian cloaks.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 159 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1721/.
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