Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 185: Virgil's Gnat (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Receive, studious reader, the Gnat of eloquent Maro; you need not then lay aside your nuts to read "Arms and the Man."
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MLA
Martial. “Book XIV, 185: Virgil's Gnat (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1740/.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 185: Virgil's Gnat (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1740/.
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