# Epigrammaton Libri 4.53

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.53. Latin.

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Hunc, quem saepe uides intra penetralia nostrae
Pallados et templi limina, Cosme, noui
cum baculo peraque senem, cui cana putrisque
stat coma et in pectus sordida barba cadit,
cerea quem nudi tegit uxor abolla grabati,
cui dat latratos obuia turba cibos,
esse putas Cynicum deceptus imagine ficta:
non est hic Cynicus, Cosme: quid ergo? Canis.

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