Catullus 50
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Catullus 50 is a poem by the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus. It describes the competitive exchange of love poetry between Catullus and his friend Calvus. Catullus' description of his restless state can be read as a continuation of the competition.
The meter of this poem is hendecasyllabic, a common form in Catullus' poetry.
[edit] Latin text and translation
English Translation | Original Latin | Line |
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Yesterday, my Licinius, at leisure |
Hesterno, Licini, die otiosi |
50.1 |
[edit] Bibliography
- William, MF (1988). "Catullus 50 and the Language of Friendship". Latomus 47: 69–73.
- Burgess, DL (1986). "Catullus c.50: the Exchange of Poetry". American Journal of Philology 107: 576–586. doi: .
- Finamore, JF (1984). "Catullus 50 and 51: Friendship, Love and Otium". Classical World 78: 11–19.
- Segal, C (1970). "Catullan otiosi — The Lover and the Poet". Greece and Rome 17: 26–31.
- Scott, WC (1969). "Catullus and Calvus (Cat. 50)". Classical Philology 64: 169–173. doi: .
Poems (Carmina) of The Roman poet Catullus |
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Lesbia poems | 2, 2b, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 36, 37, 51, 58, 68, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 104, 107, 109 |
Invective poems | 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 69, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 84, 88, 89, 90, 93, 95, 97, 98, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116 |
Unusual poetic meters |
4, 8, 11, 17, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37, 39, 44, 51, 52, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 |
Hendecasyllabic verse | 1, 2, 2b, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 14b, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 58b |
Elegiac couplets | 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116 |
See also the list of poems by Catullus. |