Dumbbells

Dumbbells

Book XIV, No. 49:

Halteres
Quid pereunt stulto fortes halteres lacerti?
exercet melius vinea fossa virus.

Epigrams: With parallel Latin text (Oxford World’s Classics)

Martial, “Epigrams.”

    Martial, Book 14, No. 49:
    Dumbbells
    “Why do stout arms go to waste on the silly dumbbell? Digging a vineyard is better exercise for men.”
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