Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 31 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You have, I allow, acres of land widely spread, and houses in town occupy many sites, and many a debtor is a slave to your imperious money-chest, and gold plate supports your banquets. Yet do not scorn, Rufinus, lesser men. More had Didymus; more Philomelus has.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 31 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/571/.
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