my good latin literature

lines 1-6

liscinius, being at leasure

we played lots on my tablet

as it had suited to be frivolous

each of us writing trivial verses

i played now in this metre, now in that

giving back in exchange through jokes and wine

modo

now

numero modo hoc

now in this metre

broken sentence- shows expenimentation and imperfection

tabellis, versiculos

tablet, trivial verses

DIMINUTIVES- shows unseriousness

hersterno licini die

enclosing word order- the whole day revolves around his friend

impressing sounding exaggeration of yesterday- importance of their friendship and shows off family name

mutua

"in exchange" "reciprocally" "mutually"

sounds like mutual- on the same page

iocum

jokes

catullus 50 lines 7-10

and from there i left

set on fire by your charm and wit, liscinius.

so that neither food helped the miserable me

nor sleep covered my dear eyes with rest

me misierum

m repitition- mimicks his moaning and misery- exaggerating

incensus

metaphor- links to passion, heartbreak, consumption in their poetry and friendship

ocellos

diminutives- little eyes- evokes sympathy

catullus 50 lines 11-17

but uncontrollable with my madness i tossed and turned in my whole bed

wishing to see daylight

so that i might talk to you and so that i might be with you

but after my limbs were tired from work

they were lying half-dead in my little bed

i made this poem for you, my dear

from which you might recieve my pain

delorem

pain

emphatic line placement to draw attention and sympathy to his relentless sufferring

lecto... lectulo

polyptoton

versare

tossed and turned

toto... lecto

whole bed

enclosing word order

his uncontrollable madness is trapped and consumed

hoc...poema

enclosing word order- the poem revolves around "his dear"

iucunde

dear

lines 18-21 of catullus 50

now take care that you are not proud and, apple of my eye,

we beg, take care that you o not reject our prayers

incase Nemesis demands punidhment from you

she is a violent goddess. take care not to offend her

ocelle

apple of my eye

a te

"from you"

means "delusion" in greek- sarcastic and showing off his greek knowledge

nemesis

greek god of destruction and punishment

catullus 13 lines 1-8

you will dine well at my house, my fabullus

within a few days, if the gods are favourable to you

if you bring a good and substantial dinner with you

not without a pretty girl

and wine and wit and all kinds of laughter

if you bring these, i declare, my charming man,

you will dine well

for the wallet of your catullus is full of cobwebs

cenabis repetition

emphatic line placement

direct address

shows affection and passion towards his friends

sacculus

little bag - diminutuive- sympathetic, no money

paucis...diebus

"few days"- the next few days have taken over

"si tibi di favent"

"if the gods are favourable to you"

puts gods wishes above all else

shows respect

similar to "fingers crossed"

et vino et sale et...

polysyndetic listing- exaggeration and mocking the amount of stuff he does not have

meros amores

pure love

catullus 13 - lines 9-14

but in return, you will receive pure love

or whatever is more pleasant or elegant

for i shall give you perfume which all the goddesses of love and the goddesses of desire

have given to my girlfriend

and when you smell this you will ask the gods

to make you whole nose

veneres

"goddess of desire"

polyptoton to venuste- my charming man- he compares his love to fabullus to the gods

who was catullus' "puella"

Lesbia

fabulle

apostrophe (direct address)

suavis

pleasant

elegans

elegant

B+P lines 1-10

jupiter came her in human form and, with his father

came the wand-bearing descendant of Atlas, having set aside his wings

they approached a thousand homes, seeking a place to rest

bollts shut a thousand homes, however one recieved them

a small one, it is true, covered with stalks and marshy reeds

but the dutiful old woman Baucis, and Philemon of similar age

were united in their young years in that cottage

and bearing it not with an unfair mind, made it unimportant

postis... alis

having set aside his wings

where is baucis and philemon set?

Phygia

B+P lines 11-20

and it does not matter whether you look for the masters or servants there

the two are the whole house, the same two people obey and order

therefore, when the heaven dwellers arrived at the small household

and entered the lowly doorposts with lowered heads

the old man ordered them to relax their limbs on a ch=ouch which had been set out,

over which the busy baucis placed a rough woven cloth

then she seperated the warm ash in the hearth

and awakens yesterdays fires, feeds them with leaves and dry bark,

brings forth flames with the breath of an old woman

and brought down torches split into many pieces and dry sticks from the roof

B+P lines 20-29

made them smaller, and applied them to a small bronze pot

and she strips cabbages from its leaves, which her husband had gathered

from the well-watered garden: with a two pronged fork

he lifts the sooty back of a pig hanging from a black beam

and cuts off a thin slice from the well-preserved back

and having cut it up, softens it in boiling waters.

meanwhile they while away the intervening hours with conversations

and prevent delay from being realised. there was a bathtub there

made of beech suspended from a nail by a sturdy handle

it is filled with war water and recieves limbs needing to be warmed

B+P lines 30-40

in the middle of the house there is a matress of soft sedge

placed on a bed with a frame and feet made of willow

they cover this with a bedspread which they were not accustomed to spreading out

except during holiday time. but even this bedspread was cheap and ancient not to be deemed unworthy of the willow bed

the gods reclined on it

meanwhile they see the mixing bowl, having drained so many times, refilled of its own accord and the wine increasing

astonished by the strangeness they fear and with hands facing upwards both baucis and fearful philemon form prayers

and beg pardon for the feast and no lack of preparation

B+P lines 40-52

there was a single goose guardian of the very small house

which its masters were preparing to slaughter for the gods, their guests

it, quick with its wings, wore them out, slow with age

and eluded them for a long time and finally seemed to have fled for refuge to the gods themselves

"we are gods, and the irreligious neighbourhood will pay the penalty it deserves, it will be granted to you to be excempt from this destruction. just leave behind your dwelling and accompany our steps and go at the same time to the steep parts of the mountain"

B+P lines 52-60

they obey and supported by their staffs, they strive to place their footsteps on the long slope

they were as far away from the top as an arrow once fired can go. they turned their eyes and see the rest of the houses submerged by a marsh, and only their house remains

and while they were admiring at these things

while they were weeping for the destruction of their friends

that old house, small even for its two owners, is turned into a temple; columns replaced the poles, the thatch becomes yellow and a golden roof is seen, doors engraved, and the earth covered with marble

B+P lines 60-69

then the son of saturn uttered the following words with such a calm expression : "honest old man and woman worthy of an honest husband, say what you desire"

having spoken a few words with baucis philemon reveals their joint decision to the gods

"we ask to be priests and to guard your shrine and since we have spent years in harmony, may the same hour take away the two of us. neither may I ever see the grave of my wife, nor may I have to be buried by her.

fulfilment followed their prayers; they were the guardian of the temple; as long a life was given to them

B+P lines 71-78

when, weakened by their years and time

they were standing, by chance, in front of the sacred steps of the temple

and were relating the events of the place, Baucis noticed that Philemon was growing leaves, and the aged philemon noticed that baucis was growing leaves

and now, with a treetop growing over their two faces, they exchanged shared words with each other, while they could, and at the same time said "goodbye o spouse" and at the same time a shrub hid and covered their faces

caducifer

wand-bearing

iuncti

united

annis iuncti iuvenalibus

united in their young years

fatendo

acknowledging

(poverty was unimportant as they acknowledged it)

"tota domus"

whole home

"dominos illic famulosne"

masters there nor servants- equal

paupertas

poverty

levis

unimportant

caelicolae

heaven-dwellers

parvos

small

penates

house, household gods

humilis

humble (door)

textum rude

a rough woven cloth

sedula

busy

nutrio

nourishes, feeds (the fire)

what is a metonym?

like a euphamnism

eg. penates- household gods- juxtaposes the couples poverty and the greatness of the gods

riguus

well-watered

sordidus

sooty/ dirty

servatus

preserved

undis

wave, water

hyperbole

domat

softens, tames

semonibus

with conversation

enclosing word order- trying to hide the delay

tepidis... fovendos

warm... warmed

artus

limbs

nisi tempore festo

except during holiday time

emphatic line placement

non indignanda

not to be deemed unwworthy

vilis

cheap

vetus

ancient

vestis

bedspread

salignus

made of willow

lecto

bed

attoniti novitate pavent

Astonised at the strangeness they were fearful,

per se

by itself

paveo... timidus

fear, fearful

synonyms

veniam...orant

begged pardon

enclosing word order

shows how they were consumed with apology

daps

feast (hyperbole)

paratus

preparation

parabant mactare

preparing to slaughter

fatigat

wore them out

minimae

superlative

very small

dabitur

give

it will be granted

malum

evil, destruction

pareo

obey

baculum

walking stick, staff

nituntur

strive

auratus

golden

dignus

worthy

aperit commune

common decision

concordes

in harmony

mutuus

shared

dum licuit

while they could

cacumen

treetop

parilique

similar, equal

atlantiadus

peripherysis

poetic description to add elegance and class the gods as being mythical and otherwordly, not deserving mere mortal names

clausere serae

the bolts shut

short snappy phrase- mimicks coldness and rejection of others