C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.131–140

The poem returns from Laodamia to Catullus's own beloved. Cupid appears, and so does Juno, queen of the gods.

 

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puella mea ad mē vēnit; Lāodamīae nihil aut paulum cēdere digna erat.

 

in sinū meō sēdit. circā eam Cupīdō candidus saepe currēbat; vestis eius aurea erat.

 

illa tamen nōn sōlum mē amat; ūnus vir eī nōn satis est. amōrēs sēcrētōs eius ferō; nōlō eī malus esse, sīcut virī vānī.

 

etiam Jūnō, maxima inter deōs, saepe īram ferre dēbet, quia coniūnx eius Juppiter multās fēminās amat.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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