# Epigrammata 8.73

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 8.73. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/8.73

Instanti, quo nec sincerior alter habetur
Pectore nec nivea simplicitate prior,
Si dare vis nostrae vires animosque Thaliae
Et victura petis carmina, da quod amem.
Cynthia te vatem fecit, lascive Properti;
Ingenium Galli pulchra Lycoris erat;
Fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibulli;
Lesbia dictavit, docte Catulle, tibi:
Non me Paeligni nec spernet Mantua vatem,
Si qua Corinna mihi, si quis Alexis erit.

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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.