Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 85 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Who induced you to cut off the adulterer's nose: It was not by this part, husband, you were sinned against. You fool, what have you done? Your wife has lost nothing in this quarter, seeing the organ of your Deiphobus is safe and sound.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 85 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/620/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 85 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/620/.
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