Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 27 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You never invite me in return, though you come often when invited; I pardon you, Gallus, if only you invite no one else. You invite others. This is a fault in each of us. "What fault?" you say. I have no sense, and you, Gallus, no decency.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 27 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/567/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 27 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/567/.
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