Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 84 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
There is no one of the people, or in the whole city, who can show that he has been favoured by Thais, although many desire her favours, and many ask for them. Is Thais so chaste then? I ask. Quite the contrary: she is evil-tongued.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 84 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/714/.
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