Social Commentaries

Book X, Epigram 31: In Calliodorum

by Martial c. 40–c. 104

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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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 31: In Calliodorum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/225/.

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