Catullus 9

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Catullus 9 is poem by the Roman poet Catullus.

The meter of this poem is hendecasyllabic, a common form in Catullus' poetry.

Contents 1 Latin text and translation 2 Comments 3 Bibliography 4 Sources

[edit] Latin 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] 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] Bibliography

[edit] Sources

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

Poems (Carmina) of The Roman poet Catullus
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.