Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 113 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
All the light verse I penned once as youth and boy, and my worthless efforts which not even I myself now recognise — these, if you want to spend good hours badly, and have a grudge against your leisure time, reader, you can get from Pollius Quintus Valerianus. It is through him my trifles are not allowed to perish.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 113 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/449/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 113 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/449/.
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