# Epigrammaton Libri 9.28

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 9.28. Latin.

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Dulce decus scaenae, ludorum fama, Latinus
ille ego sum, plausus deliciaeque tuae,
qui spectatorem potui fecisse Catonem,
solvere qui Curios Fabriciosque graves.
Sed nihil a nostro sumpsit mea vita theatro
et sola tantum scaenicus arte feror:
nec poteram gratus domino sine moribus esse:
intenus mentes inspicit ille deus.
Vos me laurigeri parasitum dicite Phoebi,
Roma sui famulum dum sciat esse Iovis.

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