Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 48 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
A taverner, and a butcher and a bath, a barber, and a draught-board and pieces, and a few books — but to be chosen by me — a single comrade not too unlettered, and a tall boy and not early bearded, and a girl dear to my boy — warrant these to me, Rufus, even at Butunti, and keep to yourself Nero's warm baths.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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