Social Commentaries
Carmen LXXI (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
If there ever was a good fellow afflicted with rankness, or one who was racked for his sins with the gout, your rival who shares your privileges has got both from you to a marvel. Whenever they meet, they both pay dear for it; she is overwhelmed with the gust, he half dead with the gout.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/177/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/177/.
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