#LatinForTheDay – 24 May #Catullus
“Lesbia mi praesente viro mala plurima dicit:
haec illi fatuo maxima laetitiast.
mule, nihil sentis. si nostri oblita taceret,...
“Lesbia mi praesente viro mala plurima dicit:
haec illi fatuo maxima laetitiast.
mule, nihil sentis. si nostri oblita taceret,...
"...sana esset: nunc quod gannit et obloquitur,
non solum meminit, sed quae multo acrior est res,
iratast. hoc est, uritur et loquitur.”
Catullus 83
non solum meminit, sed quae multo acrior est res,
iratast. hoc est, uritur et loquitur.”
Catullus 83
‘Lesbia throws so much shade at me, whenever her husband is about:
Her sniping’s a source of great joy to that dull-witted slob.
Dumbass – you know bugger all! If she were silent, oblivious to me,...
Her sniping’s a source of great joy to that dull-witted slob.
Dumbass – you know bugger all! If she were silent, oblivious to me,...
'Then she’d be clear-headed. But as she snarls and carps on,
She doesn’t only remember me, but also – and here’s my real point –
She’s still hot for me. It’s because she burns that she blathers on!’
She doesn’t only remember me, but also – and here’s my real point –
She’s still hot for me. It’s because she burns that she blathers on!’
Still veering back-and-forth with my Catullus kick - and I really like this little verse about how Catullus reads into Lesbia's behaviour in front of her husband. Is he accurate?
The Image at the head of this brief thread is 'Die Sünde' ('The Sin') by Franz von Stuck, 1893 (Neue Pinakothek, Munich: 7925).
Link - sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ApL…
#LatinForTheDay #Catullus 🧵
Link - sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ApL…
#LatinForTheDay #Catullus 🧵
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