Social Commentaries
Carmen LXXXI (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
Could there not, Juventius, be found in all this people a pretty fellow whom you might begin to like, besides that friend of yours from the sickly region of Pisaurum, paler than a gilded statue, who now is dear to you, whom you presume to prefer to me, and know not what a deed you do?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXXI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/187/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXXI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/187/.
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