Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 76 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Mithridates, by often drinking poison, achieved protection against deadly drugs. You too, Cinna, have taken care, by dining so badly always, against ever perishing of hunger.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 76 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/795/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 76 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/795/.
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