Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 63: De Laevina
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Laevina Chast as Sabines were of old
Whose face look'd stricter than her husbands, could,
Whiles she permits her selfe refresh'd to be
Oft in the baths held in communit ie,
She fell on fire, embraced a lad, and burn'd,
Chast she came there, but too much chasd return'd.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 63: De Laevina.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/21/.
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