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Paul’s Cat

I’m sal­vaging some posts from a lit­tle blog I ran on and off on the side while I strayed from the Cam­pvs, and first up is this post from last August on Pauli­nus and Cat­ul­lus: I’ve main­tained for some time … Con­tinue read­ing

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Catullus 50: Poetry ‘Couched’ in Erotic Terms

Many peo­ple seem intent on defend­ing Cat­ul­lus against charges of homo­sex­u­al­ity, and apart from being stu­pid, it’s unnec­es­sary. Hes­terno, Licini, die otiosi mul­tum lusimus in meis tabel­lis, ut con­ven­erat esse del­i­catos: scribens ver­sicu­los uterque nos­trum lude­bat numero modo hoc modo … Con­tinue read­ing

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