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June 15, 2011 at 03:45 AM
ansugisalas

Catullus appreciation challenge:

by ansugisalas . Updated 15 years ago

Here is a link to a great collection of texts by the ancient roman poet Catullus
The challenge is this, should you decide to accept it:
Read through the poems (you can see the mess of numbered links to the left), systematically or at random, a lot or a little, then post here one that stuck in your mind.

Warning:Some profanity.
Ok, a lot of occasional profanity, but this guy is over 2000 years old, that makes it Culture 😉

I’ll start it out short and sweet:
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“I am not really keen, Caesar, to wish to pander to you,
Nor to know whether you are a hero or a villain.”

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Yes, that’s *the* Caesar, Jules, the original.

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