Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 63 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
While Caerellia, a mother, was sailing from Bauli to Baiae, she perished o'erwhelmed by the guilt of a maddened sea. What glory ye lost, ye waters! Such monstrous service, even at his bidding, ye once refused to Nero.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 63 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/693/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 63 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/693/.
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