Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 6 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
This is the third morn counted to you after the tdes of May, Marcellinus, one twice to be honoured by your rites. This first made your father debtor for his birth into the light of heaven; this first takes toll of your blooming cheeks. Though that day gave him the great gift of a joyous life, yet it has not given thy sire more than it gives now.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 6 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/546/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 6 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/546/.
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