Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 52 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
I am gratified that you read my poems to Celer, Auctus x— if, that is, what you read, Auctus, pleases Celer too. He was Governor over my native tribes and Celtiberians, and in that world of mine was no man of honour more sure. Therefore greater awe confounds me; and I deem his ears not those of a hearer, but of a judge.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 52 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/941/.
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