Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 47 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Philo swears he has never dined at home, and it is so. He doesn't dine at all whenever no one has invited him.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 47 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/766/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 47 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/766/.
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