Five wives hath he dispatched she husbands five

DMI number:

27564

Poem Aliases

Martial. Epigrams. Book 8. Epigram 43

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Five wives hath he dispatched she husbands five

Last Line:

And then one funeral may serve them both

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase

Themes:

Death and Marriage

Related People

Translated from:

Martial

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]

Page No(s):

p.51

Poem Title:

Ep. XLIII.

Attribution:

William Hay [from title page]

Attributed To:

William Hay