# Epigrammata 9.65

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 9.65. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/9.65

Alcide, Latio nunc agnoscende Tonanti,
Postquam pulchra dei Caesaris ora geris,
Si tibi tunc isti vultus habitusque fuissent,
Cesserunt manibus cum fera monstra tuis:
Argolico famulum non te servire tyranno
Vidissent gentes saevaque regna pati,
Sed tu iussisses Eurysthea; nec tibi fallax
Portasset Nessi perfida dona Lichas,
Oetaei sine lege rogi securus adisses
Astra patris summi, quae tibi poena dedit;
Lydia nec dominae traxisses pensa superbae,
Nec Styga vidisses Tartareumque canem.
Nunc tibi Iuno favet, nunc te tua diligit Hebe;
Nunc te si videat nympha, remittet Hylan.

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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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