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… What follows are the first ten poems of Catullus in Latin with humble translations by me; I also do a reading in Latin of Catullus 2: Passer. Hope you enjoy it and get a feeling for the sounds. The … Continue reading
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XI Furi et Aureli, comites Catulli, sive in extremos penetrabit Indos, litus ut longe resonante Eoa ……….tunditur unda, sive in Hyrcanos Arabasve molles, seu Sacas sagittiferosve Parthos, sive quae septemgeminus colorat ……….aequora Nilus, sive trans altas gradietur Alpes Caesaris … Continue reading
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… Surripui tibi, dum ludis, mellite Iuventi, suaviolum dulci dulcius ambrosia. verum id non impune tuli: namque amplius horam suffixum in summa me memini esse cruce, dum tibi me purgo nec possum fletibus ullis tantillum vestrae demere saevitiae. nam simul … Continue reading
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… Catullus’s famous Lesbia poem, 51, imitates Sappho, the Greek poet whose work was almost completely destroyed by the early Christians who thought she was perverse. Scholars imagine that the real woman Catullus was addressing would have known Sappho’s poem, … Continue reading
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© 2012 Don Yorty. All rights reserved.
… What follows are the first seven poems of Catullus in Latin with humble translations by me; I also do a reading in Latin of Catullus 2: Passer. Hope you enjoy it and get a feeling for the sounds. The … Continue reading
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