Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 2 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Matrons, and boys, and maids, to you my page is dedicated. Do thou, whom bolder wantonness delights o'errnuch, and wit unashamed, read my four wanton little books; the fifth laughs with its Master; this one Germanicus may, with unblushing face, read in the presence of the Attic Maid.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 2 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/721/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 2 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/721/.
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