Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 52 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Unless you leave off, Hedylus, being drawn by a yoke of goats, you, who just now were adorned with figs, will soon be a goat-fig.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 52 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/682/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 52 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/682/.
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