Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 45 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You say, Bassa, that you are beautiful; you say that you are a girl. That is what she who is neither is wont to say, Bassa.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 45 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/764/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 45 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/764/.
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