Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 81: De Phillide
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Two men betimes came Phillida to swive,
And strove which of them first the feat should doe,
She promised both, to both her self to give,
Did it, one stole her gown, th' other her shooe.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 81: De Phillide.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/232/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 81: De Phillide.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/232/.
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