# Epigrammata 7.69

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 7.69. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/7.69

Haec est illa tibi promissa Theophila, Cani,
Cuius Cecropia pectora dote madent:
Hanc sibi iure petat magni senis Atticus hortus,
Nec minus esse suam Stoica turba velit.
Vivet opus quodcumque per has emiseris aures:
Tam non femineum nec populare sapit.
Non tua Pantaenis nimium se praeferat illi,
Quamvis Pierio sit bene nota choro.
Carmina fingentem Sappho laudabat amatrix:
Castior haec, et non doctior illa fuit.

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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.