# Epigrammata 6.3

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 6.3. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/6.3

Nascere Dardanio promissum nomen Iulo,
Vera deu=m suboles; nascere, magne puer:
Cui pater aeternas post saecula tradat habenas,
Quique regas orbem cum seniore senex.
Ipsa tibi niveo trahet aurea pollice fila
Et totam Phrixi Iulia nebit ovem.

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Martial, Epigrammata, ed. Wilhelm Heraeus, Jacobus Borovskij. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-latinLit/blob/master/data/phi1294/phi002/phi1294.phi002.perseus-lat2.xml.