# Epigrammata 3.20

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 3.20. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/3.20

Dic, Musa, quid agat Canius meus Rufus:
Utrumne chartis tradit ille victuris
Legenda temporum acta Claudianorum?
An quae Neroni falsus astruit scriptor?
An aemulatur inprobi λόγουσ Phaedri?
Lascivus elegis an severus herois?
An in coturnis horridus Sophocleis?
An otiosus in schola poetarum
Lepore tinctos Attico sales narrat?
Hinc si recessit, porticum terit †templi
An spatia carpit lentus Argonautarum?
An delicatae sole rursus Europae
Inter tepentes post meridie buxos
Sedet ambulatve liber acribus curis?
Titine thermis an lavatur Agrippae
An inpudici balneo Tigillini?
An rure Tulli fruitur atque Lucani?
An Pollionis dulce currit ad quartum?
An aestuantis iam profectus ad Baias
Piger Lucrino nauculatur in stagno?
'Vis scire quid agat Canius tuus? Ridet.'

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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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