Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 1 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Receive the savage breast-plate of warrior Minerva, thou whom even Medusa's wrathful tresses dread. While 'tis unworn, this, Caesar, may be called a cuirass; when it shall repose on a sacred breast, 'twill be an aegis.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 1 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/892/.
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