# Epigrammaton Libri 9.44

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 9.44. Latin.

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Alciden modo Vindicis rogabam
esset cuius opus laborque felix.
Risit, nam solet hoc, levique nutu
'Graece numquid' ait 'poeta nescis?
inscripta est basis indicatque nomen.'
Lusìppou lego, Phidiae putavi.

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