Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 11 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Ik your mistress is neither Thais nor one-eyed, Quintus, why do you think my distich J was aimed at you? But there is some likeness. Did I say "Thais" and mean" Lais "? Tell me, what likeness is there between "Thais" and Hermione? Yet you are Quintus; let us change the lover's name. If Quintus is unwilling, let Sextus be Thais' lover.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 11 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/551/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 11 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/551/.
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