Social Commentaries
On the Spectacles, 16b (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
A bull carried Europa along fraternal seas; but now a bull has borne Alcides to the stars. Compare now, Fame, the steers of Caesar and of Jove: let the burden be the same, yet CJaesar's bore his more high.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “On the Spectacles, 16b (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/319/.
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Martial. “On the Spectacles, 16b (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/319/.
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