Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 65 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Why see we in Saleianus unwonted melancholy? "Is the reason light?" you answer, "I have buried my wife." O grievous crime of Fate! O heavy chance! Is that Secundilla, that rich Secundilla, dead — she who brought you as dower a million? I am sorry this has happened to you, Saleianus!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 65 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/513/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 65 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/513/.
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