Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 2: Ad Lectores
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Ye Matrons, Boyes, and Vigins neat,
To you my Page I dedicate,
Thou whom more shameless sports delight,
And naked pleasant wit, invite.
Thy fancy to my foure first books:
This fifth shall sport with Caesar's looks.
Which great Domitian may be bold,
Before his Goddess to unfold.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 2: Ad Lectores.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/99/.
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