Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 100 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
I sent you my messenger, Rufus, at the sixth hour, and I think that he was drenched when he delivered my poems; for it chanced the sky descended with a downpour of rain. In no other way should that book of mine have been sent.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 100 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/632/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 100 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/632/.
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