Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 26 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Because Naevia wheezes, because Naevia has a racking cough, and oft flings her spittle into your bosom, do you imagine, Bithynicus, that you have your object already attained? You are mistaken. Naevia is wheedling you; she is not dying.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 26 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/480/.
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