Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 7 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
My Stella's "Dove," that "pretty pet," (I must say it, though Verona hear me!) has surpassed, Maximus, the "Sparrow" of Catullus. So much is my Stella greater than your Catullus as a dove is greater than a sparrow.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 7 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/343/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 7 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/343/.
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