Cui [Erotioni] comparatus indecens erat pavus,
Inamabilis sciurus et frequens phoenix...
NB on the dative: The addressee is a deceased young girl named Erotion, to whom the other animals in these two lines are 'compared'.
Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis) Epigrammata 243:12-13 (V.xxxvii)
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Taking this quote into context, I find it just a bit creepy. I mean, the girl isn't even six. Unless there just happened to be another girl with the same name who was a bit older.
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