Book X, Epigram 35 (Ker)

Let all young wives read Sulpicia, who wish to please their lords alone; let all husbands read Sulpicia, who wish to please their brides alone. She claims not as her theme the frenzy of the Colchian dame,' nor does she recount Thyestes' dreadful feast; - Scylla and Byblis she does not believe ever were; but she describes pure and honest love, toyings, endearments, and raillery. He who shall weigh well her poems will say no maid was so roguish, will say no maid was so modest. Such — I would beheve — were Egeria's pleasantries in Numa's dripping grot. With her as your school-mate, or with her as your teacher, you would have been more learned, Sajjpho, and have been chaste; but coy Phaon, had he seen her with Sappho and by her side, would have loved Sulpicia. In vain; for neither as the Thunderer's spouse, nor as Bacchus' or Apollo's mistress, were her Calenus taken from her, would she live.