E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poem 103

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To an arrogant pander who had received a large sum for his services. Apparently the epigram is prompted by the manner of Silo's reception of some complaint on the part of Catullus.

sodes: pray; colloquial, and almost always with imperatives (from si audes for si audies).

decem sestertia: cf. Catul. 41.2n.

esto: cf. Juv. 5.112 “hoc fac et esto, esto dives tibi, pauper amicis” .

[4] idem: cf. Catul. 22.3n.

Catullus. Catullus. E. T. Merrill. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1893.

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