Catullus 96
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Catullus 96 is a poem written by the Roman poet Catullus, and addressed to his friend Calvus on the premature death of his wife or mistress, Quintilia. According to Sextus Propertius (Elegies 2.34.89-90), Calvus himself wrote an elegy for her, which Catullus may be responding to; Calvus' fragment forsitan hoc etiam gaudeat ipsa cinis may be part of this elegy.
The meter of this poem is elegiac couplets, a common form in Catullus' poetry.
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[edit] Latin text and translation
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1 | Si quicquam mutis gratum acceptumque sepulcris | If anything grateful or pleasing to silent tombs |
2 | accidere a nostro, Calve, dolore potest, | Is able to happen to us, Calvus, from our grief, |
3 | quo desiderio veteres renovamus amores | By which longing we renew old loves |
4 | atque olim missas flemus amicitias, | And weep friendships lost once upon a time, |
5 | certe non tanto mors immatura dolori est | Certainly an early death is not so great a sorrow |
6 | Quintiliae, quantum gaudet amore tuo. | To Quintilia, so much as she rejoices in your love. |
[edit] General comments
This is one of several poems from Catullus to Calvus.
[edit] Bibliography
Latin Wikisource has original text related to this article:
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Davis, JT (1971). "Quo desiderio: The Structure of Catullus 96". Hermes 99: 297–302.
[edit] External links
http://www.vroma.org/~hwalker/VRomaCatullus/096.html
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. |