Social Commentaries
Carmen CXIII (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
Social Commentaries
When Pompey first was consul, Cinna, there were two that had Maecilia's favours: now he is consul again, there are still two, but three noughts have grown up beside each one. A fruitful seed has adultery.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CXIII (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/216/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CXIII (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/216/.
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