# de Spectaculis 19

Martial, de Spectaculis, Poem 19. Latin.

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Qui modo per totam flammis stimulatus harenam
sustulerat raptas taurus in astra pilas.
Occubuit tandem cornuto adore petitus,
dum facilem tolli sic elephanta putat.

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