Translation:Catullus 60

Catullus 60 (Wikisource translation)
by Catullus, translated from Latin by Wikisource

"The last poem of the polymetric section, this reproach is addressed probably to Lesbia, describing her cruelty as something of a feral, monstrous nature. Its literary pedigree, going back to Homer and Greek tragedy...makes it more effective than if it had been a purely original and spontaneous outburst. Catullus uses the theme again in Ariadne's poignant apostrophe to Theseus (64.154-57); Virgil paid tribute to Catullus in recasting it as Dido's reproach to Aeneas..." (Garrison, 2004). Going counterclockwise from top left, the first and last letters of each line form the acrostic NĀTŪ CEU AES, i.e., "by birth like bronze." Limping iambics.

Literal English Translation	Original Latin	Line
Surely a lioness from the Libystinian mountains or barking Scylla didn't beget you from the lowest part of her loins, with such a harsh and ugly mind, that you hold in contempt the voice of a supplicant in last and final crisis, oh, from a too savage heart?	Num tē leaena montibus Libystīnīs aut Scylla lātrāns īnfimā inguinum parte tam mente dūrā prōcreāvit ac taetrā, ut supplicis vōcem in novissimō cāsū contemptam habērēs, ā nimis ferō corde?	60.1 60.2 60.3 60.4 60.5

v t e AP Latin Syllabus
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
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
Caesar	Gallic War 1.1–7 4.24–36 5.24–48 6.13–20

Translation:Catullus 60

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