Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 51 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Because you entertain so often without inviting me, Lupercus, I have discovered a way to annoy you. I am angry: though you go on asking me, sending, begging — "What will you do?" you say. What will I do? I'll — come.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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