Catullus 6 is a Latin poem of seventeen lines in
Phalaecean metre by the Roman poet
Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus (; 84 - 54 BCE), often referred to simply as Catullus (, ), was a Latin poetry, Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, focusing on personal life rather than classical h ...
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[Merrill, ed. 1893, p. 14.]
Text
Analysis
Flavius is rallied about an intrigue which he has in vain tried to conceal.
With the general theme, E. T. Merrill compares
Catullus 55
The poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus was written towards the end of the Roman Republic. It describes the lifestyle of the poet and his friends, as well as, most famously, his love for the woman he calls Lesbia.
Sources and organization
Catu ...
.1ff. and Horace, ''
Carmina'' 1.27; 2.4.
In his Victorian translation of Catullus,
R. F. Burton
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titles the poem "To Flavius: Mis-speaking his Mistress".
[Burton; Smithers, eds. 1894, p. 10.]
References
Sources
* Burton, Richard F.; Smithers, Leonard C., eds. (1894).
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus'. London: Printed for the Translators: for Private Subscribers. pp. 10–12.
* Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, ed. (1893).
Catullus' (College Series of Latin Authors). Boston, MA: Ginn and Company. pp. 14–15.
Further reading
* Uden, James (2005)
"Scortum Diligis: A Reading of Catullus 6" ''The Classical Quarterly'', 55(2). pp. 638–642.
External links
* C. Valerius Catullus
"Catul. 6" ''Carmina''. Leonard C. Smithers, ed. ''
Perseus Digital Library''. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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