Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 18 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
The holy shade of Saloninus sleeps in Iberia's land, than whom no nobler shade views the abodes of Styx. But grief is guilt; for he who has left thee, Priscus, behind him yet lives in that half wherein he wished to live.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 18 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/821/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 18 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/821/.
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