Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 48 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Although Annius has almost three hundred tables, he has servants instead of tables: the platters scud across and the dishes flit. Keep such banquets to yourselves, you epicures! We are annoyed by a peripatetic dinner.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 48 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/937/.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 48 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/937/.
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