C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, OF THE SAME.

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OF THE SAME.

Mentula! masterest thou some thirty acres of grassland
Full told, forty of field soil; others are sized as the sea.
Why may he not surpass in his riches any a Crœsus
Who in his one domain owns such abundance of good,
Grasslands, arable fields, vast woods and forest and marish
Yonder to Boreal-bounds trenching on Ocean tide?
Great are indeed all these, but thou by far be the greatest,
Never a man, but a great Mentula of menacing might.

Catullus. Carmina. Sir Richard Francis Burton. trans. London. For translator for private use. 1894.

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Commentary references to this page (7):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 105
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 114
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 24
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 29
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 34
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 64
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 94
Cross-references to this page (3):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Friends and foes.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Metres.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Later years. Relations with Caesar.

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Sir Richard Francis Burton, Ed.