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Catullus - Hubbard - Poems
The poems of Catullus: selected and prepared for the use of schools
and colleges. By F. M. Hubbard.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Boston, Perkins & Marvin, 1836.
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? THE GIFT OF
ELIZA WENTWOKTH HAVEN,
OF PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
i]
From the Library of her late Husband, i ^K
NATHANIEL APPLETON HAVEN, JR. ,
(Olass of 1807. )
'^jteceived 25 April, 1857, Ji
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THE
P OEM S
CATULLUS
SELECTED AXD PREPARED
FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
/ BY F. M. HUBBARD,
Teacher of a Classical School, Boston.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY PERKINS & MARVIN.
PHILADELPHIA: HENRY PERKINS.
1836.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836,
By Perkins & Marvin,
in the Clerk'sOffice of the District Courtof Massachusetts.
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? PREFACE
The text of this edition of Catullus is that
of Doering as reprinted in the Regent's Clas-
sics; which though not in all respects the
most perfect, is thought on the whole best
suited to students in this country. In a few
passages, a different and better reading has
been introduced, principally from Isaac Voss
and Sillig. The most important of these
changes are referred to in the notes.
By far the greater part of the poems of
Catullus are given in this edition. In making
a selection from them, the editor has been
desirous to retain every thing which could
exhibit his author in his personal character
and poetical powers, or throw light upon the
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tastes and sentiments of his age, and at the
same time to exclude all that might offend
by its indelicacy, or corrupt by its licentious-
ness.
Most of their poetry was written by the
ancients with so clear a perception of the
true principles of art and so skilful an appli-
cation of them, that very seldom can a
part be taken away, without destroying the
unity and essentially impairing the beauty of
the whole. This is particularly true of their
epigrams, lyrics, and all sportive effusions of
fancy or feeling. The editor, therefore,
while he has made his selections numerous
and various enough to show all the peculiar
powers, and retain the finest productions of
Catullus, has deemed it but justice to him, as
well as required by good taste and just criti-
cism, to present no fragments of poems. In
compliance with this sentiment, he has omit-
ted entirely some poems, tainted in parts,
which as specimens of poetical skill it were
desirable to retain. This rule has been
scrupulously observed, except in one or two
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instances, in which it was thought the canon
would not strictly apply.
To each poem is prefixed a brief state-
ment of the occasion of it, or an analysis of
the scheme of thought it contains, which
will be sufficient in general to guide the stu-
dent to the true interpretation; and as few
students probably will read Catullus who
have not made some attainments in classical
antiquities, Sic, many explanations have
been omitted, which would be necessary for
younger pupils. In selecting the passages to
be illustrated, as well as the material and
manner of illustration, the editor has been
continually guided by the experience of in-
telligent pupils with whom he has read this
author in his own school.
Boston, March, 1836.
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? THE
METRES OF CATULLUS,
ADAPTED AND ALTERED FKOM VULPIUS' DIATRIBE
DE METRIS CATULLI.
The different species of verse employed by Ca-
tullus, are thirteen.
I. The hexameter, consisting of six feet, of which
the first four are either spondees or dactyles, the
fifth a dactyle and the sixth a spondee. In Ca-
tullus the fifth is not unfrequently a spondee. The
following scheme presents the construction.
This is used alone, in Carm. 40 and 42.
II. The Pentameter, consisting of five feet, of
which the first two are dactyles or spondees, the
third a spondee, the last two anapaests. It is
sometimes divided into hemistichia, or half verses,
the first half consisting of two feet either dactyles
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or spondees and a long syllable, the last of two
dactyles and a long or short syllable. We give a
scheme of both varieties.
II.
The Pentameter is employed in alternate verses
with the hexameters, in Carmen 43, and all the
other poems to the end. Some of the pentameters
of Catullus are quite harsh. The caesura is often
neglected.
III. The Phalaecian commonly called the Pha-
laecian hendecasyllable, consisting of five feet, a
spondee, dactyle and three trochees. In the first
foot a trochee or an iambus is sometimes admitted,
and in the second, but rarely, a spondee.
Catullus has used this verse more frequently
than any other in Carm. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,
11,17,18, 20, 21,25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34. A
species called pseudo Phalaecian, occurs with the
pure Phalaecian in Carm. 37. It differs from the
pure hi that the first foot may be a tribrachys, and
the second a trochee, and often a spondee.
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? IV. The Iambic Trimeter. It has six feet, prop-
erly each an Iambus. It admits however in the
first, third, and fifth places a spondee, or its solu-
tions the dactyle and anapaest.
It is possible that current copyright holders, heirs or the estate of the authors of individual portions of the work, such as illustrations or photographs, assert copyrights over these portions. Depending on the nature of subsequent use that is made, additional rights may need to be obtained independently of anything we can address. The digital images and OCR of this work were produced by Google, Inc. (indicated by a watermark on each page in the PageTurner). Google requests that the images and OCR not be re-hosted, redistributed or used commercially. The images are provided for educational, scholarly, non-commercial purposes.
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? THE GIFT OF
ELIZA WENTWOKTH HAVEN,
OF PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
i]
From the Library of her late Husband, i ^K
NATHANIEL APPLETON HAVEN, JR. ,
(Olass of 1807. )
'^jteceived 25 April, 1857, Ji
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THE
P OEM S
CATULLUS
SELECTED AXD PREPARED
FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
/ BY F. M. HUBBARD,
Teacher of a Classical School, Boston.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY PERKINS & MARVIN.
PHILADELPHIA: HENRY PERKINS.
1836.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836,
By Perkins & Marvin,
in the Clerk'sOffice of the District Courtof Massachusetts.
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? PREFACE
The text of this edition of Catullus is that
of Doering as reprinted in the Regent's Clas-
sics; which though not in all respects the
most perfect, is thought on the whole best
suited to students in this country. In a few
passages, a different and better reading has
been introduced, principally from Isaac Voss
and Sillig. The most important of these
changes are referred to in the notes.
By far the greater part of the poems of
Catullus are given in this edition. In making
a selection from them, the editor has been
desirous to retain every thing which could
exhibit his author in his personal character
and poetical powers, or throw light upon the
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? IV PREFACE.
tastes and sentiments of his age, and at the
same time to exclude all that might offend
by its indelicacy, or corrupt by its licentious-
ness.
Most of their poetry was written by the
ancients with so clear a perception of the
true principles of art and so skilful an appli-
cation of them, that very seldom can a
part be taken away, without destroying the
unity and essentially impairing the beauty of
the whole. This is particularly true of their
epigrams, lyrics, and all sportive effusions of
fancy or feeling. The editor, therefore,
while he has made his selections numerous
and various enough to show all the peculiar
powers, and retain the finest productions of
Catullus, has deemed it but justice to him, as
well as required by good taste and just criti-
cism, to present no fragments of poems. In
compliance with this sentiment, he has omit-
ted entirely some poems, tainted in parts,
which as specimens of poetical skill it were
desirable to retain. This rule has been
scrupulously observed, except in one or two
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instances, in which it was thought the canon
would not strictly apply.
To each poem is prefixed a brief state-
ment of the occasion of it, or an analysis of
the scheme of thought it contains, which
will be sufficient in general to guide the stu-
dent to the true interpretation; and as few
students probably will read Catullus who
have not made some attainments in classical
antiquities, Sic, many explanations have
been omitted, which would be necessary for
younger pupils. In selecting the passages to
be illustrated, as well as the material and
manner of illustration, the editor has been
continually guided by the experience of in-
telligent pupils with whom he has read this
author in his own school.
Boston, March, 1836.
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? THE
METRES OF CATULLUS,
ADAPTED AND ALTERED FKOM VULPIUS' DIATRIBE
DE METRIS CATULLI.
The different species of verse employed by Ca-
tullus, are thirteen.
I. The hexameter, consisting of six feet, of which
the first four are either spondees or dactyles, the
fifth a dactyle and the sixth a spondee. In Ca-
tullus the fifth is not unfrequently a spondee. The
following scheme presents the construction.
This is used alone, in Carm. 40 and 42.
II. The Pentameter, consisting of five feet, of
which the first two are dactyles or spondees, the
third a spondee, the last two anapaests. It is
sometimes divided into hemistichia, or half verses,
the first half consisting of two feet either dactyles
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or spondees and a long syllable, the last of two
dactyles and a long or short syllable. We give a
scheme of both varieties.
II.
The Pentameter is employed in alternate verses
with the hexameters, in Carmen 43, and all the
other poems to the end. Some of the pentameters
of Catullus are quite harsh. The caesura is often
neglected.
III. The Phalaecian commonly called the Pha-
laecian hendecasyllable, consisting of five feet, a
spondee, dactyle and three trochees. In the first
foot a trochee or an iambus is sometimes admitted,
and in the second, but rarely, a spondee.
Catullus has used this verse more frequently
than any other in Carm. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,
11,17,18, 20, 21,25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34. A
species called pseudo Phalaecian, occurs with the
pure Phalaecian in Carm. 37. It differs from the
pure hi that the first foot may be a tribrachys, and
the second a trochee, and often a spondee.
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? IV. The Iambic Trimeter. It has six feet, prop-
erly each an Iambus. It admits however in the
first, third, and fifth places a spondee, or its solu-
tions the dactyle and anapaest. These varieties
are not all used by Catullus. Carmen 4, 15, are
pure Iambics. Carmen 36, is mixed with spondees.
This measure is used in these three only.
V. Scazon, or Choliambus (/(oXiafiSog i. e. lame
iambus,) which coincides with the Iambic Trime-
ter, except that the fifth foot is always an iambus,
and the sixth a spondee, or seldom a trochee.
This measure is found in Carm. 16, 23, 28, 29.
VI. The Iambic Tetrameter catalcctic, consist-
ing of seven feet, which may be varied as in the
Iambic Trimeter, and an additional syllable. Car-
men 19 is in this measure. (The third line has
an amphibrachys in the second place.
and colleges. By F. M. Hubbard.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Boston, Perkins & Marvin, 1836.
http://hdl. handle. net/2027/hvd. 32044085188480
Public Domain, Google-digitized
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? THE GIFT OF
ELIZA WENTWOKTH HAVEN,
OF PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
i]
From the Library of her late Husband, i ^K
NATHANIEL APPLETON HAVEN, JR. ,
(Olass of 1807. )
'^jteceived 25 April, 1857, Ji
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THE
P OEM S
CATULLUS
SELECTED AXD PREPARED
FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
/ BY F. M. HUBBARD,
Teacher of a Classical School, Boston.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY PERKINS & MARVIN.
PHILADELPHIA: HENRY PERKINS.
1836.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836,
By Perkins & Marvin,
in the Clerk'sOffice of the District Courtof Massachusetts.
'
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? PREFACE
The text of this edition of Catullus is that
of Doering as reprinted in the Regent's Clas-
sics; which though not in all respects the
most perfect, is thought on the whole best
suited to students in this country. In a few
passages, a different and better reading has
been introduced, principally from Isaac Voss
and Sillig. The most important of these
changes are referred to in the notes.
By far the greater part of the poems of
Catullus are given in this edition. In making
a selection from them, the editor has been
desirous to retain every thing which could
exhibit his author in his personal character
and poetical powers, or throw light upon the
? ? Generated for (University of Chicago) on 2015-01-02 09:07 GMT / http://hdl. handle. net/2027/hvd. 32044085188480 Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www. hathitrust. org/access_use#pd-google
? IV PREFACE.
tastes and sentiments of his age, and at the
same time to exclude all that might offend
by its indelicacy, or corrupt by its licentious-
ness.
Most of their poetry was written by the
ancients with so clear a perception of the
true principles of art and so skilful an appli-
cation of them, that very seldom can a
part be taken away, without destroying the
unity and essentially impairing the beauty of
the whole. This is particularly true of their
epigrams, lyrics, and all sportive effusions of
fancy or feeling. The editor, therefore,
while he has made his selections numerous
and various enough to show all the peculiar
powers, and retain the finest productions of
Catullus, has deemed it but justice to him, as
well as required by good taste and just criti-
cism, to present no fragments of poems. In
compliance with this sentiment, he has omit-
ted entirely some poems, tainted in parts,
which as specimens of poetical skill it were
desirable to retain. This rule has been
scrupulously observed, except in one or two
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? PREFACE. V
instances, in which it was thought the canon
would not strictly apply.
To each poem is prefixed a brief state-
ment of the occasion of it, or an analysis of
the scheme of thought it contains, which
will be sufficient in general to guide the stu-
dent to the true interpretation; and as few
students probably will read Catullus who
have not made some attainments in classical
antiquities, Sic, many explanations have
been omitted, which would be necessary for
younger pupils. In selecting the passages to
be illustrated, as well as the material and
manner of illustration, the editor has been
continually guided by the experience of in-
telligent pupils with whom he has read this
author in his own school.
Boston, March, 1836.
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? THE
METRES OF CATULLUS,
ADAPTED AND ALTERED FKOM VULPIUS' DIATRIBE
DE METRIS CATULLI.
The different species of verse employed by Ca-
tullus, are thirteen.
I. The hexameter, consisting of six feet, of which
the first four are either spondees or dactyles, the
fifth a dactyle and the sixth a spondee. In Ca-
tullus the fifth is not unfrequently a spondee. The
following scheme presents the construction.
This is used alone, in Carm. 40 and 42.
II. The Pentameter, consisting of five feet, of
which the first two are dactyles or spondees, the
third a spondee, the last two anapaests. It is
sometimes divided into hemistichia, or half verses,
the first half consisting of two feet either dactyles
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or spondees and a long syllable, the last of two
dactyles and a long or short syllable. We give a
scheme of both varieties.
II.
The Pentameter is employed in alternate verses
with the hexameters, in Carmen 43, and all the
other poems to the end. Some of the pentameters
of Catullus are quite harsh. The caesura is often
neglected.
III. The Phalaecian commonly called the Pha-
laecian hendecasyllable, consisting of five feet, a
spondee, dactyle and three trochees. In the first
foot a trochee or an iambus is sometimes admitted,
and in the second, but rarely, a spondee.
Catullus has used this verse more frequently
than any other in Carm. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,
11,17,18, 20, 21,25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34. A
species called pseudo Phalaecian, occurs with the
pure Phalaecian in Carm. 37. It differs from the
pure hi that the first foot may be a tribrachys, and
the second a trochee, and often a spondee.
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? IV. The Iambic Trimeter. It has six feet, prop-
erly each an Iambus. It admits however in the
first, third, and fifth places a spondee, or its solu-
tions the dactyle and anapaest.
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? THE GIFT OF
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OF PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
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From the Library of her late Husband, i ^K
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(Olass of 1807. )
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THE
P OEM S
CATULLUS
SELECTED AXD PREPARED
FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
/ BY F. M. HUBBARD,
Teacher of a Classical School, Boston.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY PERKINS & MARVIN.
PHILADELPHIA: HENRY PERKINS.
1836.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836,
By Perkins & Marvin,
in the Clerk'sOffice of the District Courtof Massachusetts.
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? PREFACE
The text of this edition of Catullus is that
of Doering as reprinted in the Regent's Clas-
sics; which though not in all respects the
most perfect, is thought on the whole best
suited to students in this country. In a few
passages, a different and better reading has
been introduced, principally from Isaac Voss
and Sillig. The most important of these
changes are referred to in the notes.
By far the greater part of the poems of
Catullus are given in this edition. In making
a selection from them, the editor has been
desirous to retain every thing which could
exhibit his author in his personal character
and poetical powers, or throw light upon the
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tastes and sentiments of his age, and at the
same time to exclude all that might offend
by its indelicacy, or corrupt by its licentious-
ness.
Most of their poetry was written by the
ancients with so clear a perception of the
true principles of art and so skilful an appli-
cation of them, that very seldom can a
part be taken away, without destroying the
unity and essentially impairing the beauty of
the whole. This is particularly true of their
epigrams, lyrics, and all sportive effusions of
fancy or feeling. The editor, therefore,
while he has made his selections numerous
and various enough to show all the peculiar
powers, and retain the finest productions of
Catullus, has deemed it but justice to him, as
well as required by good taste and just criti-
cism, to present no fragments of poems. In
compliance with this sentiment, he has omit-
ted entirely some poems, tainted in parts,
which as specimens of poetical skill it were
desirable to retain. This rule has been
scrupulously observed, except in one or two
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instances, in which it was thought the canon
would not strictly apply.
To each poem is prefixed a brief state-
ment of the occasion of it, or an analysis of
the scheme of thought it contains, which
will be sufficient in general to guide the stu-
dent to the true interpretation; and as few
students probably will read Catullus who
have not made some attainments in classical
antiquities, Sic, many explanations have
been omitted, which would be necessary for
younger pupils. In selecting the passages to
be illustrated, as well as the material and
manner of illustration, the editor has been
continually guided by the experience of in-
telligent pupils with whom he has read this
author in his own school.
Boston, March, 1836.
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? THE
METRES OF CATULLUS,
ADAPTED AND ALTERED FKOM VULPIUS' DIATRIBE
DE METRIS CATULLI.
The different species of verse employed by Ca-
tullus, are thirteen.
I. The hexameter, consisting of six feet, of which
the first four are either spondees or dactyles, the
fifth a dactyle and the sixth a spondee. In Ca-
tullus the fifth is not unfrequently a spondee. The
following scheme presents the construction.
This is used alone, in Carm. 40 and 42.
II. The Pentameter, consisting of five feet, of
which the first two are dactyles or spondees, the
third a spondee, the last two anapaests. It is
sometimes divided into hemistichia, or half verses,
the first half consisting of two feet either dactyles
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? Vlll
or spondees and a long syllable, the last of two
dactyles and a long or short syllable. We give a
scheme of both varieties.
II.
The Pentameter is employed in alternate verses
with the hexameters, in Carmen 43, and all the
other poems to the end. Some of the pentameters
of Catullus are quite harsh. The caesura is often
neglected.
III. The Phalaecian commonly called the Pha-
laecian hendecasyllable, consisting of five feet, a
spondee, dactyle and three trochees. In the first
foot a trochee or an iambus is sometimes admitted,
and in the second, but rarely, a spondee.
Catullus has used this verse more frequently
than any other in Carm. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,
11,17,18, 20, 21,25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34. A
species called pseudo Phalaecian, occurs with the
pure Phalaecian in Carm. 37. It differs from the
pure hi that the first foot may be a tribrachys, and
the second a trochee, and often a spondee.
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? IV. The Iambic Trimeter. It has six feet, prop-
erly each an Iambus. It admits however in the
first, third, and fifth places a spondee, or its solu-
tions the dactyle and anapaest. These varieties
are not all used by Catullus. Carmen 4, 15, are
pure Iambics. Carmen 36, is mixed with spondees.
This measure is used in these three only.
V. Scazon, or Choliambus (/(oXiafiSog i. e. lame
iambus,) which coincides with the Iambic Trime-
ter, except that the fifth foot is always an iambus,
and the sixth a spondee, or seldom a trochee.
This measure is found in Carm. 16, 23, 28, 29.
VI. The Iambic Tetrameter catalcctic, consist-
ing of seven feet, which may be varied as in the
Iambic Trimeter, and an additional syllable. Car-
men 19 is in this measure. (The third line has
an amphibrachys in the second place.
