# Epigrammata 9.44

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 9.44. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/9.44

Alciden modo Vindicis rogabam,
Esset cuius opus laborque felix.
Risit, nam solet hoc, levique nutu
'Graece numquid' ait 'poeta, nescis?
Inscripta est basis indicatque nomen.'
Λυσίππου lego, Phidiae putavi.

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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.
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