C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.57–66

Catullus describes the help Allius gave him through two extended images: a mountain stream and a fair wind sent to sailors by the twin gods Castor and Pollux.

 

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flūmen est in monte altō. aqua dulcis ē saxō effunditur et dē monte currit.

 

per agrōs et per multōs hominēs it. vir fessus iter facit. sōl gravis agrōs frangit. aqua dulcis eī auxilium est.

 

virī in nāve sunt, et ventus āter mare movet. Castor et Pollūx precibus vocantur; tum aura secunda venit.

 

Allius mihi tāle auxilium fuit.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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