Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 31: In Calliodorum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Thou for three hund'red pence thy man didst sell,
(Callidore) that thou might'st but once sup well.
Nor didst that neither: For afour pound fish
Was the crown of thy feast, and thy chief dish,
Pase wretch this is not fish we justly can
Exclaim, tis man, thou dost devoure a man.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 31: In Calliodorum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/225/.
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