Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 223 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Get up: already the baker is sellino-to boys their breakfast, and the crested fowls of dawn are crowing on all sides.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 223 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1776/.
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Martial. “Book XIV, 223 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1776/.
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