Chloe her seven dead husbands to lament

DMI number:

27635

Poem Aliases

Martial. Epigrams. Book 9. Epigram 16

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Chloe her seven dead husbands to lament

Last Line:

Writes on each tomb she raised this monument

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.58

Poem Title:

Ep. XVI.

Attribution:

William Hay [from title page]

Attributed To:

William Hay