Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 33 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
As your toga is dirtier than mud, whereas your shoe, Cinna, is whiter than untrodden snow, why do you, foolish man, overspread your feet with your draggling garb? Gather up your toga, Cinna; see, your shoe is being spoilt.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 33 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/923/.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 33 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/923/.
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