"Thais smells worse than an old jar of a covetous fuller just broken in the middle of the street; worse than a goat after an amorous encounter; than the belch of a lion; than a hide torn from a dog on the banks of the Tiber; than chick rotting in an abortive egg; than a jar fetid with spoilt pickle.
On a scale of Martial vitriolic from 1 to 10, how do you rate this epigram? This one might be peak bitchiness. I am dusting off my old paper on Martial right now and preparing for it for my Substack.
On a scale of Martial vitriolic from 1 to 10, how do you rate this epigram? This one might be peak bitchiness. I am dusting off my old paper on Martial right now and preparing for it for my Substack.
It's right up there! A solid 9.