Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 67 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
When the Attic birds in wonted wise sought their winter retreats, one bird remained within the nest. This crime they detected when they returned in the spring time, and her own mates tore asunder the deserter. Late was the penalty she paid: the guilty mother had deserved to be rent in twain, but it was when she mangled Itys.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 67 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/786/.
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