Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 71 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Let Laevia be drunk in six measures, in seven Justina, in five Lycas, Lyde in four, Ida in three.' Let every mistress' name be numbered by outpoured Falernian. And, since none of them comes, do you, Sleep, come to me!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 71 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/407/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 71 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/407/.
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