Social Commentaries
Carmen LXXXII (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
Social Commentaries
Quintius, if you wish Catullus to owe his eyes to you, or aught else that is dearer than eyes, if dearer aught there be, do not take from him what is much dearer to him than his eyes, or aught besides that dearer is than eyes.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXXII (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/188/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LXXXII (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/188/.
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