Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 54 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
If, Aulus, you forbid Sextilianus to say the words "so tall" — masculine or feminine — he can put scarcely three words together, the wretched fellow. "What is the matter with him?" you say. I'll tell you what I suspect. Sextilianus has "so tall" attractions of both genders!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 54 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/854/.
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