Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 57 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You fob us off with fictitious hair by means of ointment, Phoebus, and your dirty bald scalp is covered with locks represented in paint. You need not call in a barber for your head; to give you a better clearance, a sponge, Phoebus, is the thing.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 57 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/856/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 57 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/856/.
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