Gaius Valerius Catullus, 111 "To Aufillena: A Preferable Outcome"

Catullus tells Aufillena that sleeping around is preferable to incest.

 

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Aufillena, vivere contentam vitam uno viro est maxima laus uxoris:

 

sed cubare ullis viris quam vis est melius quam cubare cum patruo tuo…

 

Written by Robert Amstutz

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