Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 42 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
When Porcia had learned the fate of her husband Brutus, and grief looked for the weapons that had been stolen from it, "Know ye not yet," she said, "that death cannot be denied? I had believed my sire by his fate had taught you this!" She spake, and with greedy throat drank down the glowing embers. Go to now! officious throng: deny the steel!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 42 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/378/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 42 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/378/.
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