Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 28 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Scoff much at him who calls you, Sextillus, a, and push out your middle finger. Indeed you are no, nor are you, Sextillus, an adulterer, nor have Vetustina's hot lips delight for you. None of those things are you, I confess, Sextillus: what then are you? I don't know; but you know two things remain.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 28 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/482/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 28 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/482/.
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