# Epigrammaton Libri 1.117

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.117. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammaton-libri/1.117

Occurris quotiens, Luperce, nobis,
'Vis mittam puerum' subinde dicis,
'cui tradas epigrammaton libellum,
lectum quem tibi protinus remittam?'
Non est quod puerum, Luperce, uexes.
Longum est, si uelit ad Pirum uenire,
et scalis habito tribus, sed altis.
Quod quaeris propius petas licebit.
Argi nempe soles subire Letum:
contra Caesaris est forum taberna
scriptis postibus hinc et inde totis,
omnis ut cito perlegas poetas:
illinc me pete. +Nec+ roges Atrectum —
hoc nomen dominus gerit tabernae —;
de primo dabit alteroue nido
rasum pumice purpuraque cultum
denaris tibi quinque Martialem.
'Tanti non es' ais? Sapis, Luperce.

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