Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 99 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
So may you see the Thunderer always placid, Crispinus, and Rome, no less than your native Memphis, love you — if my poems shall be read iiithe Palatine hall (for they are wont to reach Caesar's sacred ear), venture, as a candid reader, to say this of me: "He brings your time some honour, and is not far behind Marsus and elegant Catullus." This is sufficient: I leave the rest to the God himself.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 99 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/985/.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 99 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/985/.
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