Social Commentaries

Carmen CVIII (Cornish)

by Gaius Valerius Catullus c. 84 – c. 54 BC

Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)

Social Commentaries

If, Cominius, your gray old age, soiled as it is by "an impure life, should be brought to an end by the choice of the people, I for my part do not doubt that first of all your tongue, the enemy of all good people, would be cut out and quickly given to the greedy vulture, your eyes torn out and swallowed down the raven's black throat, while the dogs would devour your bowels, the rest of your members the wolves.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

MLA

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CVIII (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/211/.

Chicago

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CVIII (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/211/.

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