Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 37 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
"A hundred thousand sesterces Coranus owes me, and two hundred Mancinus, three hundred Titius, twice as much Albinus, a million Sabinus, and another million Serranus; from my flats and farms come in a clear three millions, from my flocks at Parma is a return of six hundred thousand." Every and all day, Afer, you prate of this to me, and I remember it all better than my own name. You must count out something to make me endure this; cure by cash my daily nausea; I can't hear that tale, Afer, for nothing.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 37 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/669/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 37 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/669/.
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