Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 81 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You know you were begotten by a slave, and you blandly confess it, Sosibianus, when you address your father as "master."
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 81 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/417/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 81 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/417/.
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