Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 36 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
White is your beard, black is your hair; dye your beard you cannot — this is the reason — but you can your hair, Olus.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 36 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/668/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 36 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/668/.
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