Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 92 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
My wife asks me, Gallus, to put up with a lover of hers, but only one. Am not then, Gallus. to gouge out this fellow's two "eyes"
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 92 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/626/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 92 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/626/.
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