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39 TWO FROM CATULLUS LVIII Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa, illa Lesbia, quam Catullus unam plus quam se atque suos amavit omnes, nunc in quadriviis et angiportis glubit magnanimi Remi nepotes. Oh Caelius, our Lesbia, that Lesbia, the very Lesbia Catullus used to love more than himself and all he owned on earth, these days hangs out in Rome’s dark alleyways jerking off the sons of the noble city. LXXXV Odi et amo, quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior. I hate and love—you ask how this can be? Who knows? And yet the feeling tears at me. ...

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