Catullus 1

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by Catullus , translated by Wikisource		 Catullus 2→
Catullus 1 is traditionally arranged first among the poems of the Roman poet Catullus, though it was not necessarily the first poem that he wrote. Hendecasyllabic.


Literal English Translation Original Latin Line

To whom do I give this delightful new little book,
recently polished with a dried pumice stone?
Cornelius to you, since you were accustomed
to think that my nonsense were of value
already, at that time when you dared
to explain all of time in three volumes
learnéd, by Jupiter, and involving much work.
For which reason take for yourself whatever this of a little book
such as it is; which, oh patron muse,
may it last more than one enduring generation

Cuī dōnō lepidum novum libellum
āridā modo pūmice expolītum?
Cornēlī, tibi: namque tū solēbās
meās esse aliquid putāre nūgās
iam tum, cum ausus es ūnus Ītalōrum
omne aevum tribus explicāre cartīs
doctīs, Iuppiter, et labōriōsīs.
quāre habē tibi quidquid hoc libellī
qualēcumque; quod, patrōna virgō,
plūs ūnō maneat perenne saeclō.

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edit AP Latin Syllabus
Vergil: Aeneid Book 1 (lines 1-519), Book 2 (lines 1-56, 199-297, 469-566, 735-804), Book 4 (lines 1-448, 642-705), Book 6 (lines 1-211, 450-476, 847-901), Book 10 (lines 420-509), Book 12 (lines 791-842, 887-952)
Catullus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (6), 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14a, (21), 22, 30, 31, (34), 35, 36, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 60, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77, 84, 85, 86, 87, 96, 101, 109, 116.
Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta; De Amicitia 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104; Pro Caelio 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80
Horace: Sermones 1.9; Odes 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.37, 1.38, 2.3, 2.7, 2.10, 2.14, 3.1, 3.9, 3.13, 3.30, 4.7
Ovid: Daphne and Apollo, Pyramus and Thisbe, Daedalus and Icarus, Baucis and Philemon, Pygmalion; Amores 1.1, (1.2), 1.3, (1.4), (1.5), (1.6), (1.7), 1.9, 1.11, 1.12, (1.14), (1.15), 3.15
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