C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 66.59–70

The lock describes its new place among the stars, beside constellations named for figures of myth: Ariadne's crown, Callisto, and Boötes, with the sea goddess Tethys. In the first line the manuscripts are damaged; the daggers (†) mark the uncertain words.

 

Tier 1

Ariadnae stellae aureae in caelō sunt. deī voluērunt nōn sōlās eās stellās in caelō esse. deī etiam mē in caelō pōnere voluērunt.

 

ego sum coma dē capite aureō. ego eram vōtum.

 

ego ā marī ad templa deōrum cessī. dea mē stellam novam inter stellās antīquās posuit.

 

nunc ego in caelō sum. ego lūmina Virginis et Leōnis saevī tangō. Callistō fuit fīlia Lycāonis. ego Callistō iūncta sum.

 

ego sub terram vertor. ego ante Boōten eō. Boōtēs tardus est. is vix in Ōceanum altum cadit.

 

nocte vestīgia deōrum mē premunt. tamen lūx mē Tēthyī veterī reddit.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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