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Catullus 12 Translation
Introduction In Catullus 12, the poet is clearly accusing Asinius Marrucinus of being a thief, and not a very good one. He claims that Asinius Marr...
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Catullus 116 Translation
Introduction In Catullus 116, the poet is addressing a Roman author named Gellius. In the first two lines, Catullus wonders how he could send poems...
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Catullus 115 Translation
Introduction Catullus does not like Mamurra and his nickname, Mr. Penis, proves it. This poem is similar to 114, where he talks about Mamurra ownin...
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Catullus 114 Translation
Introduction In Catullus 114, the poet takes aim at a man named Mentula, who is reality is Mamurra. This man served Caesar and Pompey and had a lar...
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Catullus 113 Translation
Introduction In Catullus 113, the poet addresses a situation with Pompey and Maecilia. Catullus is telling his friend Cinna about how Maecilia was ...
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Catullus 112 Translation
Introduction The challenge in understanding Catullus 112 is figuring out in what tone this poem should be read. Is Catullus serious or is he sarcas...
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Catullus 111 Translation
Introduction In this poem, Catullus writes about Aufilena and how a woman should be happy to be married to her husband and to have no other man in ...
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Catullus 110 Translation
Introduction In Catullus 110, the poet addresses Aufilena who is a mistress of the politician Caelius. She and her brother Aufilenus are favorites ...
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Catullus 11 Translation
Introduction In poem 11, Catullus references several allusions to places and people of the ancient world - contemporaries of the poet. As the poem ...
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Catullus 109 Translation
Introduction Catullus 109 is an honest love poem to an unnamed person. Most likely, that person is Lesbia, the woman that he address in a large per...
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Catullus 108 Translation
Introduction In this poem, Catullus shares his feelings about Cominius and those feelings are not filled with love. In line one, Catullus comments ...
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Catullus 107 Translation
Introduction In poem 107, the poet talks about his fortune in life in relation to Lesbia, his lover. In lines one and two, he talks about how the t...
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