Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 80: Ad Apicium
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Apicius nere complains, does no man wrong,
Yet the voyce goes, he has a filthy tongue.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 80: Ad Apicium.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/74/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 80: Ad Apicium.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/74/.
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