C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, Poem 81

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Could no one in this great people, Juventius, be a nice man you could fall in love with except for this guest of yours, paler than a gilded statue, from the dying town of Pisaurum? He who now has your heart, whom you dare to place before us; and you know not what crime you commit.

Catullus. The Carmina of Gaius Valerius Catullus. Leonard C. Smithers. London. Smithers. 1894.

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Commentary references to this page (6):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 110
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 15
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 16
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 44
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 64
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, 72
Cross-references to this page (2):
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Later years. Relations with Caesar.
- E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poems.