C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 113: To Gaius Helvius Cinna: A Growing Collection
An epigram addressed to Catullus's friend, the poet Gaius Helvius Cinna (the Cinna of poem 95), about the lovers of a woman named Maecilia. It is dated by the two consulships of Pompey, the first in 70 BCE and the second in 55 BCE.
Tier 1
dum Pompēius cōnsul erat prīmum, duo amantēs solēbant cubāre cum Maeciliā:
nunc Pompēiō cōnsule iterum duo amantēs iam adsunt,
sed sunt duo mīlia aliī quī cubant cum Maeciliā nunc. adulterium creat plūs adulteriī.
Tier 2
prīmum cōnsule Pompēiō duo solēbant Maeciliam:
nunc factō cōnsule iterum duo mānsērunt,
sed in ūnum singula mīlia crēvērunt. fēcundum sēmen adulteriō.
Tier 3 - Carmen Ipsum
- cōnsule Pompēiō prīmum duo, Cinna, solēbant
- Maeciliam: factō cōnsule nunc iterum
- mānsērunt duo, sed crēvērunt mīlia in ūnum
- singula. fēcundum sēmen adulteriō.
Original draft written by Robert Amstutz
