# Epigrammaton Libri 9.65

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 9.65. Latin.

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Alcide, Latio nunc agnoscende Tonanti,
postquam pulchra dei Caesaris ora geris,
si tibi tunc isti vultus habitusque fuissent,
cesserunt manibus cum fera monstra tuis:
Argolico famulum non te servire tyranno
vidissent gentes saevaque regna pati,
sed tu iussisses Eurysthea; nec tibi fallax
portasset Nessi perfida dona Lichas,
Oetaei sine lege rogi securus adisses
astra patris summi, quae tibi poena dedit;
Lydia nec dominae traxisses pensa superbae
nec Styga vidisses Tartareumque canem.
nunc tibi Iuno favet, nunc te tua diligit Hebe;
nunc te si videat Nympha, remittet Hylan.

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