Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 19 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
D'ye think I am made happy, Zoilus, by a dinner? Happy by a dinner, Zoilus, and — above all — by yours? That guest should lie at his meals on Aricia's slope whom your dinner, Zoilus, makes happy.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 19 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/473/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 19 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/473/.
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