Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 19 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
If I remember right, you had, Aelia, four teeth: one fit of coughing shot out two, and another two more. Now in peace you can cough all day: a third fit has nothing left there to discharge.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 19 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/355/.
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