Social Commentaries
On the Spectacles, 6b (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Ok the lion laid low in Nemea's vasty vale, a deed renowned and worthy of Hercules, Fame used to sing. Dumb be ancient witness! for after thy shows, O Caesar, we declare that such things are wrought by woman's prowess now.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “On the Spectacles, 6b (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/308/.
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Martial. “On the Spectacles, 6b (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/308/.
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