Translation:Catullus 53

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Catullus 53
by Catullus, translated from Latin by Wikisource

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"A humourous tribute to Licinius Calvus, whose speech prosecuting Vatinius for bribery became a textbook example of its kind" (Garrison, 2004). Hendecasyllabics.

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Literal English Translation	Original Latin	Line
Recently I laughed at I don't know who from the mob, who, after my Calvus had wonderfully laid out the crimes of Vatinius, admiring this and raising (his) hands, said, "Great gods, eloquent mannikin!"	Rīsī nesciŏ quem modo ē corōnā, quī, cum mīrificē Vatīniāna meus crīmina Calvos explicāsset, admīrāns ait haec manūsque tollēns, "Dī magnī, salapūtium disertum!"	53.1 53.2 53.3 53.4 53.5

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Virgil	Aeneid Book 1 (lines 1–578) Book 2 (lines 1–56, 199–297, 469–620, 735–804) Book 4 (lines 1–448, 642–705) Book 6 (lines 1–211, 295–332, 384–425, 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 9 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
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
Caesar	Gallic War 1.1–7 4.24–36 5.24–48 6.13–20