Social Commentaries
Carmen CIII (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
Social Commentaries
Prithee, Silo, either give me back the ten sestertia, and then you may be as violent and overbearing as you like: or, if the money gives you pleasure, don't try, I beg, to ply your trade and be at the same time violent and overbearing,
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CIII (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/207/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CIII (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/207/.
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