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Martial, Epigrams 12.20

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Martial makes a nasty insinuation of impropriety.

quare non habeat, Fabulle, quaeris,
uxorem Themison. habet sororem.

You want to know, Fabullus, why Themison doesn’t have a wife. He has a sister.

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August 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM

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