Epigrammata

Martial

Martial. M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata. Heraeus, Wilhelm, editor; Borovskij, Jacobus, editor. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1925. Reprinted with corrections in 1976.

  1. Quem Tuscus mactare deo cum vellet haruspex,
  2. Dixerat agresti forte rudique viro,
  3. Ut cito testiculos et acuta falce secaret,
  4. Taeter ut immundae carnis abiret odor.
  5. Ipse super virides aras luctantia pronus
  6. Dum resecat cultro colla premitque manu,
  7. Ingens iratis apparuit hirnea sacris.
  8. Occupat hanc ferro rusticus atque secat,