Catullus 9

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Catullus 9 is an untitled poem by the Roman poet Catullus.

Contents 1 Meter/Scansion 2 Text and translation 3 General Comments 4 See also 5 Sources

[edit] Meter/Scansion

The meter is hendecasyllabic.

[edit] Text and translation

Line	Latin text	English translation
1	Verani, omnibus e meis amicis	Veranius, surpassing all of my friends
2	antistans mihi millibus trecentis,	in my eyes by three hundred thousand times
3	venistine domum ad tuos penates	have you come to your home, household gods,
4	fratresque unanimos anumque matrem?	loving brothers, and old mother?
5	Venisti. O mihi nuntii beati!	You have come! O blissful news for me!
6	Visam te incolumem audiamque Hiberum	Will I see you unharmed and will hear you
7	narrantem loca, facta, nationes,	telling of the places, deeds and tribes of the Spanish
8	ut mos est tuus applicansque collum	as is your custom, and drawing your pleasant neck close
9	iucundum os oculosque suaviabor?	will I kiss your eyes and mouth?
10	O quantum est hominum beatiorem,	O what number is there of happy men
11	quid me laetius est beatiusvne?	that is happier or more blissful than I?

[edit] General Comments

Note the two tricolon crescendos in this poem; "your household gods...old mother" and "places...tribes" - these are particularly Alexandrian aspects of Catullus' poetry. This poem also expresses Catullus' Epicurean ideal through his friendship with Veranius.

[edit] See also

• The wikipedia entry for Catullus
• See also Carmina for some of the texts in Latin.

[edit] Sources

http://rudy.negenborn.net/catullus/text2/l9.htm