Translation:Catullus 51

by Catullus

Literal English Translation	Original Latin	Line
That man seems to me to be equal to a god. That man, if it's not sacrilege, [seems] to surpass the gods Who, sitting across from you, time and again Watches and listens to you laughing sweetly, which snatches away all senses from poor me: for as soon as I saw you, Lesbia, nothing remained of the voice in my mouth. But my tongue is stiff, a delicate flame runs under my limbs, my ears ring with their own sound, my twin eyes are covered with darkness. Leisure, Catullus, is trouble for you: In leisure you become overjoyed and too passionate: Leisure has destroyed kings before And blessed cities.	Ille mī pār esse deō vidētur, ille, sī fās est, superāre dīvōs, quī sedēns adversus ĭdentidem tē spectat et audit dulce rīdentem, miserō quod omnīs ēripit sēnsūs mihi: nam simul tē, Lesbia, aspexī, nihil est super mī vōcis in ōre. Lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artūs flamma dēmānat, sonitū suōpte tintinant aurēs, geminā teguntur lūmina nocte. Ōtium, Catulle, tibī molestum est: ōtiō exsultās nimiumque gestīs. Ōtium et rēgēs prius et beātās perdidit urbēs.	51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 51.5 51.6 51.7 51.8 51.9 51.10 51.11 51.12 51.13 51.14 51.15 51.16

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, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 94, 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