Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 60: De Curiatio
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Ardea in the solstice we desire,
And baths the Cleonaean Star doth heat,
Bur Curiatius death condemns their sweat,
Since in those praised streames he did expire,
'No place excludes the fates: when death shall come,
'Sardinia is in the midst of Rome.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 60: De Curiatio.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/93/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 60: De Curiatio.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/93/.
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