Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 77 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Cosconius, who think my epigrams long, you would be useful for greasing axles. On this principle you would fancy the Colossus to be tall, and would describe Brutus' boy as short. Learn what you are ignorant of: often two pages of Marsus and of learned Pedo treat of a single theme. Things are not long from which you can subtract nothing; but you, Cosconius, make your distichs long.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 77 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/525/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 77 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/525/.
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