Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 82 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Why were you promising me, Gaurus, two hundred thousand if you, Gaurus, could not give me ten thousand? Can you and won't you? I ask you — is not that more disgraceful? Go to the devil your own way, Gaurus: you are a paltry fellow.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 82 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/801/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 82 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/801/.
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