Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 93 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
"Where is the first book," you say, "if that is the second?" What can I do if my first book is too shy? Yet if you, Regulus, prefer that this should become the first, you can take one "I" from its title.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 93 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/540/.
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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 93 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/540/.
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