Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 87 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Rumour reports that you, Chione, have never had amours with men, and that nothing is purer than your person. Yet you bathe covered, but not in your appropriate part; if you have any modesty, shift your drawers to your face!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Cite this poem
MLA
Martial. “Book III, Epigram 87 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/622/.
Chicago
Martial. “Book III, Epigram 87 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/622/.
Read this poem with the Codex →