E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poem 58

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To Caelius, on the debasement of Lesbia; see Intr. 41.—Date, probably 55 B.C. Meter, Phalaecean.

Caeli: see Intr. 59.

nostra: for mea, as it is absurd to suppose, with some critics, that Catullus recognizes in Caelius an equal interest with himself in Lesbia>.

[3] plus quam se: etc. cf. Catul. 8.5; Catul. 3.5n.

[4] quadriviis: cf. Catul. 47.7n. trivio.

[4] angiportis: alley-ways; cf. Hor. Carm. 1.25.9 “invicem moechos anus adrogantes flebis in solo levis angiportu.”

[5] magnanimi Remi nepotes: i.e., the descendants of the Romans of a noble day have fallen thus low. There is indignation but not sarcasm in the phrase; cf. Catul. 49.1 n.

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

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