Gaius Valerius Catullus, 47 "To Porcius and Socration: Living Large"
Catullus calls out two allies of Piso, Porcius and Socration (probably pseudonyms), for attending big dinners while his friends, Fabullus and Veranius are begging for invites.
Tier 1
o Porci et parvus Socrates, duo mali viri Pisonis,
vos estis pestilentia mundi,
Priapus, pene circumsecato, amat vos plusquam meum Veranium et Fabullum?
vos cenatis in luce diei dum mei amici quaerunt laborem in viis?
Tier 2
Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,
scabies et fames mundi,
ille verpus Priapus praeposuit vos meo Veraniolo et Fabullo?
vos sumptuose facitis convivia lauta de die,
mei sodales quaerunt vocationes in trivio?
Tier 3 - Carmen Ipsum
- Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae
- Pisonis, scabies famesque mundi,
- vos Veraniolo meo et Fabullo
- verpus praeposuit Priapus ille?
- vos convivia lauta sumptuose
- de die facitis, mei sodales
- quaerunt in trivio vocationes?
Written by Robert Amstutz