Social Commentaries
Carmen CXIV (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
Mentula is truly said to be rich in the possession of the grant of land at Firmum, which has so many fine things in it, fowling of all sorts, fish, pasture, corn-land, and game. All to no purpose; he outruns the produce of it by his expenses. So I grant that he is rich, if you will allow that he lacks everything. Let us admire the advantages of his estate, so long as lie himself is in want.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CXIV (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/217/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen CXIV (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/217/.
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