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 poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, focusing on personal life rather than classical heroes. His ...
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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 55.1ff. and Horace, ''
Carmina
The ''Odes'' ( la, Carmina) are a collection in four books of Latin lyric poems by Horace. The Horatian ode format and style has been emulated since by other poets. Books 1 to 3 were published in 23 BC. A fourth book, consisting of 15 poems, wa ...
'' 1.27; 2.4.
In his Victorian translation of Catullus,
R. F. Burton 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. ''
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