Catullus 58

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Catullus 58
by Catullus, translated by Wikisource
This poem concerns his love and hatred of Lesbia.


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1 Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa,
2 illa Lesbia, quam Catullus unam
3 plus quam se atque suos amavit omnes,
4 nunc in quadruviis et angiportis
5 glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes.

[edit] Translation

Caelius, our Lesbia, that Lesbia, that Lesbia, whom alone Catullus loved more than himself and all his own, now on streetcorners and in alleyways strips the descendants of magnanimous Remus.

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