Catullus 70
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Catullus 70 is a short but infamous poem by the Roman poet Catullus. The poet doubts the loyalty of all women, saying that their words might as well be "written on the wind or in running water".
The meter of this poem is elegiac couplets, a common form in Catullus' poetry.
[edit] Latin text and translation
| Line | Latin Text | English Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle | My woman says that she prefers to be married to no one |
| 2 | quam mihi, non si se Iupiter ipse petat. | than me, not even if Jupiter himself should seek her. |
| 3 | dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, | she says: but what a woman says to her passionate lover, |
| 4 | in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua. | ought to be written on the wind or fast-flowing water. |
[edit] Bibliography
Latin Wikisource has original text related to this article:
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Miller, PA (1988). "Catullus c.70: a Poem and its Hypothesis". Helios 15: 127–132.
| Poems (Carmina) of The Roman poet Catullus |
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| Lesbia poems | 2, 2b, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 36, 37, 51, 58, 68, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 104, 107, 109 |
| Invective poems | 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 69, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 84, 88, 89, 90, 93, 95, 97, 98, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116 |
| Unusual poetic meters |
4, 8, 11, 17, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37, 39, 44, 51, 52, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 |
| Hendecasyllabic verse | 1, 2, 2b, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 14b, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 58b |
| Elegiac couplets | 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116 |
| See also the list of poems by Catullus. | |
