Relationships
Carmen CXI (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
Relationships
Aufilena, to live content with one her husband and no other husband is a glory for brides one of the most excellent: but 'tis better to be company for every one, than that a mother with an uncle should conceive brothers.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CXI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/214/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CXI (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/214/.
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