Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 26 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Because I have not seen you at home in the morning for a whole year, would you have me tell you, Posturuus, how much I have lost? Twice thirty sesterces, perhaps, perhaps thrice twenty. Your pardon! On a poor toga, Postumus, I spend more!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 26 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/658/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 26 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/658/.
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