C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 66.79–88

The lock turns from the queen to address brides and wives. The passage concerns the offering it asks of them when they marry.

 

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nunc vōs audīte, uxōrēs. fax vōs cum virīs iūnxit. id optāvistis.

 

nōlīte vestem iacere. nōlīte corpora virīs trādere. prius mihi unguentum date.

 

vōs castae estis. vōs iūra colitis.

 

aliqua fēmina marītum suum fallit. sē virō turpī dat.

 

cinis levis dōna illīus malae capiat. dōna eius vāna sunt. ego ab eīs praemia nūlla petō. nōn dignae sunt.

 

sed vōs, pāx semper in domibus vestrīs sit. amor quoque semper in domibus vestrīs maneat.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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