Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 83 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You advise me to make my epigrams shorter, Cordus. "Do me what Chione does ": I could not put it shorter.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 83 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/618/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 83 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/618/.
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