Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 14 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You affirm, Laberius, that you can write elegant verses: why, then, are you unwilling? He who can write elegant verses should write them down, Laberius: then I shall think him a hero.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 14 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/817/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 14 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/817/.
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