# Epigrammaton Libri 3.19

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 3.19. Latin.

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Proxima centenis ostenditur ursa columnis,
exornant fictae qua platanona ferae.
Huius dum patulos adludens temptat hiatus
pulcher Hylas, teneram mersit in ora manum:
uipera sed caeco scelerata latebat in aere
uiuebatque anima dereriore fera.
Non sensit puer esse dolos, nisi dente recepto
dum perit. O facinus, falsa quod ursa fuit!

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