# Epigrammaton Libri 9.25

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 9.25. Latin.

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Dantem vina tuum quotiens aspeximus Hyllum,
lumine nos, Afer, turbidiore notas.
Quod, rogo, quod scelus est mollem spectare ministrum?
aspicimus solem sidera, templa, deos.
avertam vultus, tamquam mihi pocula Gorgon
porrigat atque oculos oraque nostra petat?
trux erat Alcides, et Hylan spectare licebat;
ludere Mercurio cum Ganymede licet.
Si non vis teneros spectet conviva ministros,
Phineas invites, Afer, et Oedipodas.

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