Social Commentaries
On the Spectacles, 14 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
A wild sow, now full-heavy with the pledge of her quick womb, gave forth her brood, made by her wound a mother; nor lay her offspring still-born, but, as its mother fell, it ran. Sudden chances that fall, how ingenious are they!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “On the Spectacles, 14 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/316/.
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Martial. “On the Spectacles, 14 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/316/.
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