Catullus 58b
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Catullus 58b is a poem written by the Roman poet Catullus. In this poem he tells that he would be wearied of searching for his friend, the Camerius of Catullus 55 no matter what. The meter is hendecasyllabic, the same as Catullus 55. Some scholars have tried to tie it to Cantullus 55, though the only connection may be that the writer chose to cut it out.
[edit] Latin version
- Non custos si fingar ille Cretum
- non si Pegaseo ferar volatu
- non Ladas ego pinnipesue Perseus
- non Rhesi nivease citaeque bigae
- adde huc plumpipedas volatilesque
- ventorumque simul require cursum
- quos iunctos Cameri mihi dicares
- defessus tamen omnibus medullis
- et multis languaoribus peresus
- essem te mihi amice quaeritando
[edit] Sources
- Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Garrison, Daniel H. "The Student's Catullus." Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture, Volume 5. pg 122. Norman University of Oklahoma Press. 1995.
- C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina (ed. E. T. Merrill)
- Free text Latin version
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| 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. | |
