Gaius Valerius Catullus

(84-54 BC / Verona, Gaul)

poet Gaius Valerius Catullus
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  • Fabrizio Frosini Fabrizio Frosini (11/27/2015 6:13:00 PM)

    '' Nil nimium studeo, Caesar, tibi velle placere, nec scire utrum sis albus an ater homo ''

    [Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carme]

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  • Fabrizio Frosini Fabrizio Frosini (11/27/2015 6:06:00 PM)

    « Quid est, Catulle? quid moraris emori?
    sella in curuli struma Nonius sedet,
    per consulatum peierat Vatinius:
    quid est, Catulle? quid moraris emori? »

    [Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carme 52]

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Ave Atque Vale

Through many countries and over many seas
I have come, Brother, to these melancholy rites,
to show this final honour to the dead,
and speak (to what purpose?) to your silent ashes,
since now fate takes you, even you, from me.
Oh, Brother, ripped away from me so cruelly,
now at least take these last offerings, blessed
by the tradition of our parents, gifts to the dead.
Accept, by custom, what a brother’s tears drown,

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