# Epigrammata 5.38

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 5.38. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/5.38

Calliodorus habet censum—quis nescit?—equestrem,
Sexte, sed et fratrem Calliodorus habet.
'Quadringenta seca' qui dicit σῦκα μερίζει:
Uno credis equo posse sedere duos?
Quid cum fratre tibi, quid cum Polluce molesto?
Non esset Pollux si tibi, Castor eras.
Unus cum sitis, duo, Calliodore, sedebis?
Surge: σολοικισμὸν, Calliodore, facis.
Aut imitare genus Ledae—cum fratre sedere
Non potes—: alternis, Calliodore, sede.

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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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