Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 33 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? You are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? You are carroty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? You are one-eyed. He who kisses these things, Philaenis, is capable of anything.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 33 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/487/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 33 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/487/.
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