# Epigrammata 7.74

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 7.74. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/7.74

Cyllenes caelique decus, facunde minister,
Aurea cui torto virga dracone viret:
Sic tibi lascivi non desit copia furti,
Sive cupis Paphien, seu Ganymede cales,
Maternaeque sacris ornentur frondibus Idus,
Et senior parca mole prematur avus:
Hunc semper Norbana diem cum coniuge Carpo
Laeta colat, primis quo coiere toris.
Hic pius antistes sophiae sua dona ministrat,
Hic te ture vocat, fidus et ipse Iovi.

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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.