Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 1 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
This, whate'er its worth, Gaul, named after Rome's toga, sends you from distant snores. You read this book, and perhaps praise the former one; that or this I claim as mine, the one you deem the better. Let that which was born in the Queen City by all means please you more: for the home-born book should surpass the Gaul.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 1 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/541/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 1 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/541/.
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