C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.79–86

The story of Laodamia continues. The passage is about her marriage and the war at Troy that lay ahead of her husband.

 

Tier 1

Lāodamīa coniugem āmīsit; tum didicit: āra deōrum sanguinem pium dēsīderat.

 

coniūnx novus ab eā discessit. duās hiemēs nōndum cum eō vīxerat. amor eius magnus erat. sīc sine coniuge vīvere coācta est.

 

Parcae sciēbant: sī coniūnx eius mīles ad mūrōs Trōiae ībit, mors nōn longē aberit.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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