Lesbia Mi Dicit Semper Male | Mark D. Templeton | MusicSpoke

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Lesbia Mi Dicit Semper Male | Mark D. Templeton | MusicSpoke

Published on Sep 13, 2016

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Lesbia mi dicit semper male, commonly known as Catullus 92, consists of two elegiac couplets written by Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 B.C.E) for his lover, Lesbia. Lesbia was the name believed to have been given by Catullus to his mistress. Her real name was Clodia, the sexually promiscuous wife of proconsul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, known as Metellus. Catullus’ earlier poem, 83, brings some context to 92. In the first part of 83, Catullus says: Lesbia keeps insulting me in front of her husband: this fills the fatuous idiot with delight. Mule, do you perceive nothing? If she shut up and ignored me that’d show healthy indifference;… Hear, see, and buy it on MusicSpoke. http://bit.ly/2cCMRvi

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