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Catullus 1 is traditionally arranged first among the poems of the Roman poet Catullus, though it was not necessarily the first poem that he wrote. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC For persons with a Cognomen "Catulus" see Lutatius Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca It is dedicated to Cornelius Nepos, a historian and minor poet, though some consider Catullus' praise of Cornelius' history of the Italians to have been sarcastic. Cornelius Nepos (Κορνήλιος Νέπως in Ancient Greek literature (c Italy, united in 1861, has significantly contributed to the cultural and social development of the entire Mediterranean area

The poem alternates between humility and a self-confident manner; Catullus calls his poetry "little" and "trifles", but asks that it remain for more than one age. This understatement is likely deliberate; Catullus knows very well the quality of his poetry, and also the provocative form it has. He also calls his work "new"; the poems are recently made and therefore new, but they are also new as some of the first examples of Neoteric poetry in the Latin language. The Neotericoi (νεωτερικοί Greek for "new poets" Neoterics or the Neoteric period refers to Avant-garde poets and their

The meter of this poem is hendecasyllabic, a common form in Catullus' poetry. In Poetry, the meter or metre is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse. The Hendecasyllabic verse is a Quantitative metre used by Catullus.

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Text and translation

LineLatin textEnglish translation
1cui dono lepidum novum libellumTo whom do I give this charming new little book,
2arida modo pumice expolitumRecently smoothed with dry pumice?
3Corneli tibi namque tu solebasTo you, Cornelius: For you were accustomed
4meas esse aliquid putare nugasTo consider my trifles something
5iam tum cum ausus es unus ItalorumAt a time when you alone of the Italians dared
6omne aevum tribus explicare cartisTo explain every age in three papyrus rolls,[1]
7doctis Iuppiter et laboriosislearned (by Jupiter!) and filled with labor. Pumice is a textural term for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava composed of highly microvesicular glass Pyroclastic with very thin translucent In Roman mythology, Jupiter was the king of the gods and the god of Sky and Thunder.
8quare habe tibi quidquid hoc libelliFor this reason have for yourself whatever this is of a little book,
9qualecumque quod o[2] patrona virgoSuch as it is; which, O patron maiden,[3]
10plus uno maneat perenne saecloLet it endure for more than one age. [4]

Notes

  1. ^  A "papyrus roll" (liber, diminutive libellus) was the standard ancient format for a body of writings, and is thus equivalent to a modern "book". A diminutive is a formation of a Word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning smallness of the object or quality named encapsulation intimacy or endearment A Book is a set or collection of written printed illustrated or blank sheets made of Paper, Parchment, or other material usually fastened together Likewise, "papyrus sheets" (cartae) can refer to a "volume" of papyrus rolls.
  2. ^  "To unroll every age in three papyrus rolls" can be less literally rendered as "To give an account of all recorded history in three volumes", and refers to Cornelius Nepos' Chronica ("Annals"), an exhaustive three-volume history of the Greco-Roman world. Cornelius Nepos (Κορνήλιος Νέπως in Ancient Greek literature (c Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural History centered on the Mediterranean
  3. ^  O does not appear in any extant manuscripts, but is supplied by modern editors on the assumption that it was in the original, based on context and metrical concerns.
  4. ^  The "patron maiden" may be either Minerva or one of the Muses. The MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation, or MINERVA, is a European Union organization concerned with the digitisation of cultural and In Greek mythology, the Muses ( Ancient Greek, hai moũsai: perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root * men- "think" are
  5. ^  Saeclo ("age", syncopated from saeculum) can more specifically mean "lifetime", "generation", or "century", so it does not necessarily refer to anywhere near the length of time Catullus' poetry has survived for (over 2,000 years).

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Poems (Carmina) of The Roman poet Catullus
Lesbia poems2, 2b, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 36, 37, 51, 58, 68, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 104, 107, 109
Invective poems10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 69, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 84, 88, 89, 90, 93, 95, 97, 98, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116
Unusual poetic meters
4, 8, 11, 17, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37, 39, 44, 51, 52, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
Hendecasyllabic verse1, 2, 2b, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 14b, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 58b
Elegiac couplets65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116
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