Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 62 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Salanus the father has lost his only son; do you hesitate, Oppianus, to send a present? Ah, monstrous cruelty and malignant Fates! To what vulture shall this corpse belong?
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 62 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/861/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 62 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/861/.
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