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An analysis of Catullus 46 - a delightful 1st century BC Latin poem about the arrival of spring and the excitement of travel.
If your Latin is a bit rusty or you happen to be a Latin learner, below the poem you’ll find a detailed, verse-by-verse word analysis, along with an English translation.
At the very end of the post there are a few links to additional resources on Catullus, and the context of this particular poem.
“Catullus Invites His Friend to Dinner”
Come join me, friend. Come be my guest!
Enjoy the finest and the best
Of gourmet food, of wit and wine
And lovely ladies. Come to dine:
I’ll crack a bottle – oil of rose –
To make you wish you were a nose.
You bring the rest… For I can’t brag
Of more than cobwebs in my moneybag.
𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕: "𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍: '𝑻𝒐 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒚 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔' 𝑷𝒕. 𝟐" --
What do we do with--how do we read--can we make us of--a classic and famous metaphysical poem which is also misogynistic?
If you know, you know. #catullus #Latin #classics #InvectivePoetry #poetry #misinformation
New Podcast Episode!
Dive into the scandalous world of Roman poetry with our latest AI-generated episode on Catullus's Invectives! 
We explore:
- The social power of insults in Roman society 
- Catullus's debt to Greek traditions 
- His complex and contradictory voice 
- The role of obscenity and masculinity 
- The poetic brilliance of his insults 
Listen now and discover the wit and bite of Catullus's poetry! 
Also available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2voY2djAekz2vEKNAHPVL1?si=87142a511a4b4b97
Useless quote for 2 Sep:
"O what freedom from care is more joyful
than when the mind lays down its burden,
and weary, back home from foreign toil,
we rest in the bed we longed for?"
~ Gaius Valerius Catullus, c. 84 BCE - c. 54 BCE
(The lines are from Catullus XXXI)
bla bla bla disney gays, the real question is where are the pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo queers?? #catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 BCE) was a Roman poet whose poems are considered to be some of the finest examples of lyric poetry from ancient Rome, despite his youth and early death. https://www.worldhistory.org/Catullus/ #History #Catullus #Cicero #Horace
What are Athena's pronouns in Odyssey 1? How about Teiresias? Attis?
A look at some questions involved in gendered language in ancient texts, and what modern translators do with it. Reading time: 14 minutes.
#gender #classics #translation #reception #ancient #catullus #homer
Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 BCE) was a Roman poet whose poems are considered to be some of the finest examples of lyric poetry from ancient Rome, despite his youth and early death. Catullus wrote in the neoteric style during the high point of Roman literature and culture, and his poems were not only read and appreciated during his lifetime but influenced such respected Augustan-era poets as ...https://www.worldhistory.org/Catullus/ #Catullus #Cicero #Horace #History
On this day that's unparalleled at reminding me that I don't fit in, I reached for a new-to-me #translation of #Catullus, & am laughing out loud and loving Frank O. Copley's mid-20th-century English version of this #poet who may have been the original #Beat. Never in my life have I wanted so much to give a live #reading. From 13:
"I got a perfume see
it was a gift to HER
straight from VENUS and CUPID LTD.
when you get a whiff of that you'll pray the gods
to make you... ALL NOSE"
#poetry #books
Speaking of Catullus, from my commonplace book:
Soles occidere et redire possunt:
nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux,
nox est perpetua una dormienda.
(From number 5)
I nGaeilge, aistrithe ag Gabriel Rosenstock:
Is féidir leis na grianta dul a luí agus éirí:
nuair a thitfidh an solas neamhbhuan sin orainn
beidh orainn oíche gan chríoch a chur dínn.
