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E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus (ed. E. T. Merrill), Poem 35 (search)
men Properti ; Ov. Rem. Am. 757 teneros ne tange poetas ; Mart. 4.14.13 tener Catullus ; Mart. 7.14.3 teneri amica Catulli. sodali: implying warm intimacy; cf. Catul. 10.29; Catul. 12.13; Catul. 30.1; Catul. 47.6. Caecilio: possibly an ancestor of C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus (circ. 62-113 A.D.), whose home was in Novum Comum, where inscriptions show that the Caecilii flourished. papyre: apostrophe to his book by the author is not uncommon, especially in Ovid (e.g. Ov. Trist. 1.1) and Martial (e.g. Mart. 7.84, also sent to a Caecilius). relinquens: cf. Catul. 31.6 liquisse . Comi: in the year 59 B.C., in accordance with the Vatinian law, Julius Caesar settled 5O0O colon
E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus (ed. E. T. Merrill), Poem 63 (search)
lends great effect. The date of composition is uncertain, but Catullus may have found his immediate inspiration in his contact with the Cybelian worship in its original home during his residence in Bithynia in 57-56 B.C. (see Intr. 29ff.). Or it may have been found in his studies in the Alexandrian poets; for Callimachus certainly used the galliambic meter, though no distinct title of a poem by him on this theme is extant. Caecilius of Comum was also engaged on a poem based on the worship of Cybele (cf. Catul. 35.13ff.), and Varro and Maecenas both exercised their talents in the same direction (cf. Varr. Sat. Men. l. c.; Maec. in Baehr. Bragm. Poet. Rom. p. 339). The poem abounds in rhetorical devices to add to its effect; such are the frequent employment of alliteration (vv. 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, etc.), of strange and harsh compounds (vv. 23 hederigerae, 34 properipedem, 45 son