# Epigrammaton Libri 3.91

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 3.91. Latin.

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Cum peteret patriae missicius arua Rauennae,
semiuiro Cybeles cum grege iunxit iter.
Huic comes haerebat domini fugitiuus Achillas
insignis forma nequitiaque puer.
Hoc steriles sensere uiri: qua parte cubaret
quaerunt. Sed tacitos sensit et ille dolos:
mentitur, credunt. Somni post uina petuntur:
continuo ferrum noxia turba rapit
exciduntque senem spondae qui parte iacebat;
namque puer pluteo uindice tutus erat.
Subpositam quondam fama est pro uirgine ceruam,
at nunc pro ceruo mentula subposita est.

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