Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 47 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Fly, Gallus, I warn you, from the crafty toils of the infamous adulteress, smoother though you are than conch-shells of Cytherea. Do you trust in your own charms? The husband is not of that sort: there are two things he can do, and neither is what you offer.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 47 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/498/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 47 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/498/.
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