# Epigrammata 3.19

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 3.19. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/3.19

Proxima centenis ostenditur ursa columnis,
Exornant fictae qua platanona ferae.
Huius dum patulos adludens temptat hiatus
Pulcher Hylas, teneram mersit in ora manum.
Vipera sed caeco scelerata latebat in aere
Vivebatque anima deteriore fera.
Non sensit puer esse dolos, nisi dente recepto.
Dum perit. O facinus, falsa quod ursa fuit!

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Martial, Epigrammata, ed. Wilhelm Heraeus, Jacobus Borovskij. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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