Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 22 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
What do I want with you, O Phoebus, and ye Sisters Nine? See how the jesting Muse injures her own bard! Postumus used before to give me kisses with half his lips; now he begins to give them with both.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 22 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/476/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 22 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/476/.
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