# Satyricon 5

Petronius, Satyricon, 5. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/petronius/satyricon/5

Artis severae si quis ambit effectus
mentemque magnis applicat, prius mores
frugalitatis lege poliat exacta.
Nec curet alto regiam trucem vultu
cliensve cenas impotentium captet,
nec perditis addictus obruat vino
mentis calorem, neve plausor in scaenam
sedeat redemptus histrionis ad rictus.
Sed sive armigerae rident Tritonidis arces,
seu Lacedaemonio tellus habitata colono
Sirenumve domus, det primos versibus annos
Maeoniumque bibat felici pectore fontem.
Mox et Socratico plenus grege mittat habenas
liber et ingentis quatiat Demosthenis arma.
Hinc Romana manus circumfluat et modo Graio
exonerata sono mutet suffusa saporem.
Interdum subducta foro det pagina cursum
et furtiva sonet celeri distincta meatu;
dein epulas et bella truci memorata canore
grandiaque indomiti Ciceronis verba minetur.
His animum succinge bonis: sic flumine largo
plenus Pierio defundes pectore verba.”

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Petronius, Satyricon, ed. Michael Heseltine. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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