Catullus Poem 73: Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle mereri; Latin & English

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @LWood-db7fk
    @LWood-db7fk Год назад +1

    What a beautiful reading. The range in tone from almost tender to outraged is really moving. I was particularly interested by your comments on the last line, so I replayed that several times. That line does have such a different tone than the rest. It’s like he explodes in baffled angst. Your reading really expresses that. This is a moment when your careful study and performance of the correct spoken form of Latin is absolutely invaluable to understanding the poem. Thank you!

    • @DavidAmster
      @DavidAmster  Год назад

      Thank you for listening and responding so thoughtfully. Makes all the work worthwhile!

  • @poetryexperiencesinfes3590
    @poetryexperiencesinfes3590 Год назад +1

    What a wonderful reading and a sad poem!! I enjoyed every moment your tone changes between tender and outraged. Great job David :)

  • @fiantlapides
    @fiantlapides Год назад +1

    wow! Quam hunc bene recitas! Your use of 'dynamics' (in the musical sense) i.e. forte vs. piano, in the Latin reading is captivating! I've never focused too closely on this poem before, Your reading and translation is mesmerizing. What a soap-opera, in living color, we still have of these neoteric characters! Tibi gratias ago pro hanc lectionem, et in excelsis laudo!

    • @DavidAmster
      @DavidAmster  Год назад

      Maximas gratias tibi! Verba benigna tua auro meliora sunt!

  • @RowlandJohnston-d2d
    @RowlandJohnston-d2d Год назад +1

    Tibi gratias ago for this wonderful post and dramatic reading of Catullus!
    As concerns the final line, I agree with the interpretation that the multiple elisions convey the speaker's extreme bitterness, but it does so (in my view) by sarcastic mockery of the racing/tripping desperation in the false friend's speech ("urget").

    • @DavidAmster
      @DavidAmster  Год назад

      Thanks so much for listening and for the encouraging feedback. I think your interpretation of the last line makes very good sense.

  • @rachidamrani4241
    @rachidamrani4241 Год назад +1

    Fantastico