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24. et in line 6 is more than just and. Possible translations include and the result is – she speaks or “and that’s whyshe speaks” (i.e. her reason isn’t what you think, you buffoon).25. Translate the poem.26* Catullus is claiming that anger is a sign of love. In your opinion, when is this true?(a) sometimes(b) never(c) alwaysAre people more likely to get really angry with those they are emotionally involved with, through familyrelationship or close friendship, than with people to whom they are indifferent, in whom they take no interest?Are there sometimes occasions when the people one wants to hurt are the people of whom one is fondest?27* Some readers have imagined that Lesbia has been abusing Catullus to her husband in Catullus’ absence;others think all three of them are present. Which interpretation do you prefer? Which situation is more dramatic?28* If this incident occurred in real life, someone writing a biography of Catullus might put forward an explanationthat you may have thought of already: that Lesbia has been putting on an “angry woman” act to mislead herhusband about her affair with Catullus. But whether this was the real situation or not, it is clear from lines 3-6that it is definitely not the explanation given by Catullus. If Lesbia was putting on an act, Catullus completelymisunderstood it.29* According to this poem, and to the traditional belief that Lesbia’s real name was Clodia, she was a marriedwoman. Since Catullus wasn’t her husband, had he any right to claim that she had treated him unjustly (iniuria)?30* Is it possible to tell from the five Catullus poems you have read whether they are based on a real situation atall? If they are about a completely imaginary relationship, does this mean they are bound to be less good thanpoetry based on actual events?31* Suppose for the moment that these poems are a faithful recording of an actual relationship; in whatchronological order would you place them? For convenience, they are listed here with first lines and a letter toidentify them in discussion.(a) vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus(b) miser Catulle, desinas ineptire(c) nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle(d) dicebas quondam solum te nosse Catullum(e) Lesbia mi praesente viro mala plurima dicitYou may find it helpful to consider whether any poems were definitely written before the death of Lesbia’shusband, and whether any were definitely written after.32* Is it true that the more intense and emotional the words of a poem are, the more sincere the poem is? And isit true that the more sincere a poem is, the better it is? (Look at some of the “in memoriam” verses sometimesinserted by grieving relatives in the local paper’s announcement of a death: are they always good poems? If not,does that mean they are insincere?)Answers1<strong>2.</strong> (iii) If the sun were shining in the middle of the night, it would be a miracle. (The sun is not shining in the middleof the night, and there is no miracle.)(iv) If I were scared of the enemy, I wouldn’t be fighting now. (The speaker is not scared of the enemy, and he isfighting now.)(v) If Lesbia were always silent about Catullus, she would not be in love with him.(vi) If she were silent, she would be cured (of love).62 WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage
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