# Epigrammaton Libri 7.87

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 7.87. Latin.

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Si meus aurita gaudet lagalopece Flaccus,
si fruitur tristi Canius Aethiope;
Publius exiguae si flagrat amore catellae,
si Cronius similen cercopithecon amat;
delectat Marium si perniciosus ichneumon,
pica salutatrix si tibi, Lause, placet;
si gelidum collo nectit Cadilla draconem,
luscinio tumulum si Telesilla dedit:
blanda Cupidinei cur non amet ora Labyrtae
qui uidet haec dominis monstra placere suis?

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