Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 187 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
With this first he lightly touched youth's wanton love, and Glycera was not the mistress of his boyhood: 'twas Thais.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 187 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1742/.
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