Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 7 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Is this your pleading of causes, is this eloquence, Cinna, in ten hours, Cinna, to say nine words .'' And just now in loud tones you asked for four water-clocks! Oh, what store of silence, Cinna, you possess!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 7 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/992/.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 7 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/992/.
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