Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 31 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You are quite aware, Charidemus, of your wife's misconduct with your doctor, and you wink at it. It is not by fever that you want to die.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 31 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/833/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 31 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/833/.
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