Catullus 10 is a Latin poem of thirty-four 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. 21.]
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Analysis
Catullus, or the speaker, tells at his own expense how neatly he was shown up when attempting to put on airs about his supposed wealth acquired in
Bithynia, whither he went in 57 BC in the retinue of the governor
Memmius. According to
E. T. Merrill, "the forms of expression are thoroughly colloquial."
He dates the composition to about 56 BC.
In his Victorian translation of Catullus,
R. F. Burton titles the poem "He meets Varus and Mistress".
[Burton; Smithers, eds. 1894, p. 17.]
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. 16–19.
* Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, ed. (1893).
Catullus' (College Series of Latin Authors). Boston, MA: Ginn and Company. pp. xxv, xliii, 21–24.
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External links
* C. Valerius Catullus
"Catul. 10" ''Carmina''. Leonard C. Smithers, ed. ''
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