Social Commentaries
On the Spectacles, 24 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Whoever you are who come from distant shores, a late spectator, for whom this day of the sacred show is your first, that this naval battle with its ships, and the waters that represent seas, may not mislead, I tell you "here but now was land." Believe you not? Look on while the seas weary the God of war. Wait one moment— you will say "Here but now was sea."
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “On the Spectacles, 24 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/327/.
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Martial. “On the Spectacles, 24 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/327/.
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