Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 54 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
My friend the rhetorician has become spontaneous. He did not write down "Calpurnius," and yet greeted him by name.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 54 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/773/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 54 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/773/.
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