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Catullus Flashcards

1
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What is Catullus’s only work?

A

Carminae

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2
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How many poems in total are in Catullus’s Carminae?

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116

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3
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Who later added three poems to Catullus’s Carminae?

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Muretus

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4
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To whom did Catullus dedicate his “libellus”?

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Cornelius Nepos

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5
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What are poems 1-60 referred to as?

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nugae (sometimes polymetrics)

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6
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What meters are present in poems 1-60?

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mainly phalaecean hendecasyllabics, also iambic trimeters, scazons, sapphics (no elegiac couplets)

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7
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Where were poems 18-20 found?

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in the Priapea of the Appendix Vergiliana (added by Muretus)

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8
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What are poems 61-68 referred to as?

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carmina docta (also the wedding poems, nuptials)

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9
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What are “epyllia”, typically associated with poems 61-68?

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little epics

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10
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What meters are present in poems 61-68?

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gallianbics, glyconics, hexameters, pentameters, pherecteteans

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11
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What is significant about poems 69-116?

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epigrams in elegiac couplet

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12
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What is the first line of Carminae?

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“Qui dono lepidum novum libellum”

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13
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What is the subject of carmina 2?

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Lesbia’s sparrow

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14
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What is the subject of carmina 3?

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the death of Lesbia’s sparrow

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15
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What is the the meter of carmina 1?

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hendecasyllabic

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16
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What is the meter of carmina 2?

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hendecasyllabic

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17
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What is the meter of carmina 3?

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hendecasyllabic

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18
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What is the subject of carmina 4?

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a boat

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19
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What is the meter of carmina 4?

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iambic senarius

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20
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What is the subject of carmina 5?

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his love for Lesbia

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21
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What is the meter of carmina 5?

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hendecasyllabic

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22
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What is referenced to in carmina 7?

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exotic places (has links to Alexandrian poetry)

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23
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What is the meter of carmina 7?

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hendecasyllabic

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24
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What is the subject of carmina 8?

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a breakup between Catullus and Lesbia

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What is the meter of carmina 8?

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limping iambic (scazons)

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26
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Who is addressed in carmina 9?

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Veranius

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27
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What is the meter of carmina 9?

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hendecasyllabic

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28
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What is the subject of carmina 10?

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Varus takes Catullus to meet a woman. Catullus goes on to brag about his litter (that actually belongs to Gaius Memmius) in an attempt to impress her

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29
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What is the meter of carmina 10?

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hendecasyllabic

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30
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Who does Catullus address in carmina 11?

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Furius and Aurelius (he asks them to speak to Lesbia on his behalf)

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31
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What is the meter of carmina 11?

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Sapphic

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32
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Who does Catullus address in carmina 12?

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Marrucinus Asinius (brother of Gaius Asinius Pollio)

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33
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What is the subject of carmina 12?

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napkin thief

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34
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What is the meter of carmina 12?

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hendecasyllabic

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35
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Who is the subject of carmina 22?

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Suffenus (Catullus calls him a bad poet because he cares more about the exterior of a work than the contents)

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36
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What is the meter of carmina 22?

A

limping iambics (scazons)

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37
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What is carmina 27?

A

a drinking song

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38
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What is the meter of carmina 27?

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hendecasyllabic

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39
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What is the subject of carmina 31?

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Catullus’s joy in returning to Sirmio

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40
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What is the meter of carmina 31?

A

limping iambics (scazons)

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41
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What is carmina 34?

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a hymn to Diana, to be performed by boys and girls

42
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What is the meter of carmina 34?

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first three lines are glyconics, the last line is pherectetean (it’s separated into six quatrains)

43
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What is the subject of carmina 35?

A

he tells Caecilius to move from Como and visit Catullus in Verona

44
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What is the meter of carmina 35?

A

hendecasyllabic

45
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What is the subject of carmina 36?

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Lesbia says Catullus was a bad poet, but he assumes she’s referring to Volusius

46
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What is the meter of carmina 36?

A

hendecasyllabic

47
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What is the subject of carmina 43?

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Catullus tries to compare Lesbia to the girlfriend of a man from Formio, Mamurra

48
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What is the meter of carmina 43?

A

hendecasyllabic

49
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What is the subject of carmina 44?

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Sestius invites him to dinner, but he reads a speech of Sestius that is so chilling he contracts a cold

50
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What is the meter of carmina 44?

A

limping iambic (scazons)

51
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What is the subject of carmina 45?

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a dialogue between a Greek woman, Acme, and her Roman lover Septimius

52
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What is the subject of carmina 46?

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a celebration of Catullus going from Bithynia to home

53
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What is the meter of carmina 46?

A

hendecasyllabic

54
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Who does Catullus address in carmina 49?

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Cicero (either sarcastic or flattering)

55
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What is the meter of carmina 49?

A

hendecasyllabic

56
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What is the subject of carmina 50?

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Catullus and Licinius Calvus tease each other

57
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What is the meter of carmina 50?

A

hendecasyllabic

58
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On what earlier work is carmina 51 based?

A

a poem by Sappho

59
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What is the subject of carmina 51?

A

his awe of Lesbia’s beauty

60
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What is the meter of carmina 51?

61
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What is the subject of carmina 53?

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he compliments Licinius Calvus, noted for his persecution of Vatinius

62
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What is the meter of carmina 53?

A

hendecasyllabic

63
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What is the subject of carmina 61?

A

the marriage of Lucius Manlius Torquatus and Vinia (or Junia) Aurunculeia

64
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What is carmina 61 written as?

A

a nuptial song delivered during the deductio, the procession that accompanies the bride

65
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What are carminae 61 and 62 referred to as?

A

epithalamia (nuptial songs)

66
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What is the meter of carmina 61?

67
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What is carmina 62?

A

it was a song about marriage and virginity made to be sung by boys and girls

68
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What is the meter of carmina 62?

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dactylic hexameter

69
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What is the subject of carmina 63?

A

Attis castrated himself to join the cult of Cybele

70
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What is carmina 63?

71
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What is the meter of carmina 63?

A

galliambic (galli, priests of Cybele)

72
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What is the subject of carmina 64?

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the wedding of Peleus and Thetis (with ecphrasis (the depiction of a static work of art in literature as if it is in motion) on the story of Ariadne and Thetis)

73
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What other work takes text from carmina 64?

A

the Aeneid (Dido says almost the exact same thing to Aeneas that Ariadne says to Theseus)

74
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Whose sentiments are similar to those expressed in carmina 70?

A

Callimachus

75
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What are the subjects of carmina 70, 72, and 73?

A

Catullus’s frustration over Lesbia

76
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What is the subject of carmina 75?

A

Catullus says that he can’t help loving Lesbia whether she is good or bad

77
Q

Who does Catullus address in carmina 77?

A

Caelius Rufus (Lesbia’s new lover)

78
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What is the subject of carmina 83?

A

Metellus (Lesbia’s husband) finding Catullus and Lesbia together

79
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What is the subject of carmina 84?

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Catullus teases Arrius for pronouncing his h’s

80
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What is the topic of carmina 66?

A

translation of Callimachus’s Coma Berenice (her hair is a token of her love)

81
Q

What is the subject of carmina 65?

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Catullus says it is hard to write after his brother’s death

82
Q

What is the subject of carmina 67?

A

paraclausythmon (singer addressing a closed door wanting love)

83
Q

What is the subject of carmina 86?

A

Catullus states that Lesbia’s beauty is incomparable, even in the light of another attractive woman, Quintia

84
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What is the subject of carmina 95?

A

Catullus criticizes Zmyrna, a poem by Cinna

85
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What is the subject of carmina 96?

A

Catullus attempts to console his friend Calvus over the unexpected death of his wife Quintilia

86
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What is the subject of carmina 101?

A

Catullus’s deceased brother, whose grave he visits on the way to Bithynia

87
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What is the subject of carmina 107?

A

expresses joy over potential reconciliation with Lesbia

88
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What is the subject of carmina 109?

A

Catullus reflects on the brevity of his relationship with Lesbia

89
Q

To whom did Catullus dedicate his first carmen?

A

Cornelius Nepos

90
Q

Which carmina contains the line “Lugete, O Veneres Cupidinesque, et quantum est hominum venustiorum passer mortuus est meae puellae Passer, deliciae meae puella”

A

carmina 3
(Ye cupids, droop each little head, nor let your wings with joy be spread: my Lesbia’s favorite bird is dead, whom dearer than her eyes she loved)

91
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Which carmina contains the line “Sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere orportet aqua”?

A

carmina 70 (What a woman says to a passionate lover should be written in the wind and running water)

92
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Which carmina contains the line “Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus”?

A

carmina 5 (Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love)

93
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Which carmina contains the line “Quis ullos homines beatiores vidit, quis Veneram auspicatiorem?”

A

carmina 45 (Has anybody ever seen a more auspicious love?)

94
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Which carmina contains the line “Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem”?

A

carmina 76 (It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love)

95
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Which carmina contains the line “Quaeris, quot mihi basiationes tuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque?”

A

carmina 7 (You ask me, Lesbia, how many kisses it will take to make me fully satisfied?)

96
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Which carmina contains the life “Ille mi par esse deo videntur ille, si fas est, superare divos, qui sedens adversus identidem te spectat et audit”?

A

carmina 51 (He seems to me to be like a god, even superior to the Gods, if it is permitted, who sitting opposite watches and listens to you again and again)

97
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Which carmina contains the line “Desine de quoquam quincquam bene velle mereri aut aliquem fieri posse putare pium”?

A

carmina 73 (Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking that anybody can be grateful)

98
Q

Which carmina contains the line “Da mihi basia mille, deinde centum”?

A

carmina 5 (Give me a thousand kisses, and then a hundred)

99
Q

Which carmina contains the line “Nec disistere amare, omnia si facias”?

A

carmina 75 (nor cease to love you though you do the worst that can be done)

100
Q

Which carmina contains the line “Si quicquam cupido optantique optigit umquam isperanti, hoc est gratum animo proprie”?

A

carmina 107 (If anything has happened to one who yearned and wished but never hoped, that is a rare pleasure of the soul)

101
Q

Which carmina contains the line “Odi et amo, quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et exrucior”?

A

carmina 85 (I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do it? I don’t know, but I feel it happening and the pain is dreadful)

102
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Which carmina contains the line “Frater, ave atque vale”?

A

carmina 101 (Goodbye brother, and farewell)

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