# Epigrammaton Libri 7.69

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 7.69. Latin.

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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 uelit.
Viuet opus quodcumque per has emiseris aures;
tam non femineum nec populare sapit.
Non tua Pantaenis nimium se praeferat illi,
quamuis Pierio sit bene nota choro.
Carmina fingentem Sappho laudabat amatrix:
castior haec et non doctior illa fuit.

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