Catullus 1

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Catullus 1 by Catullus, translated by Wikisource

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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 dedicate this new, charming little book just now polished with a dry pumice stone? To you, Cornelius, for you were accustomed to think that my nonsense was something, then already when you alone of Italians dared to unfold every age in three papyrus rolls, learned, Jupiter, and full of labor. Therefore have for yourself whatever this is of a little book, of whatever sort; which, O patron maiden, may it remain everlasting, more than one lifetime.	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 o patrōna virgō plūs ūnō maneat perenne saeclō	1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10

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, 16, (21), 22, 30, 31, (34), 35, 36, 39,40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 96, 101, 107, 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