Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 55 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Wherever you come we fancy Cosmus is on the move, and that oil of cinnamon flows streaming from a shaken out glass bottle. I would not have you, Gellia, pride yourself upon alien trumpery. You know, I think, my dog can smell sweet in the same way.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 55 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/593/.
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