Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 20 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Caerellia calls herself an old woman, although she is a girl; Gellia calls hei'self a girl, although she is a crone. One cannot put up with either this woman, Collinus, or that: one is ridiculous, the other disgusting.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 20 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/652/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 20 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/652/.
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