Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 3 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
A beauteous face you conceal with black ointment but with a body not beauteous you insult the waters. Believe that the very goddess of the spring says to you in my words: "Either disclose your face or bathe in your shift!"
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 3 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/543/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 3 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/543/.
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