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collocate puellulam. Io Hymen Hymenaee io, io Hymen Hymenaee.

Iam licet venias, marite. uxor in thalamo tibi est, ore floridulo nitens

Alba parthenice velut luteumve papaver.

At, marite, ita me iuvent caelites, nihilo minus pulcer es, neque te Venus

Neglegit. sed abit dies. perge, ne remorare.

Non diu remoratus es.

iam venis. bona te Venus

iuverit, quoniam palam Quae cupis capis et bonum non abscondis amorem.

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Dulce rideat ad patrem
semihiante labello.

Sit suo similis patri
Mallio et facile insciis
noscitetur ab omnibus,

Et pudicitiam suo

matris indicet ore.

Talis illius a bona

matre laus genus approbet,
qualis unica ab optima
Matre Telemacho manet
fama Penelopeo.
Claudite ostia, virgines.
lusimus satis. at boni
coniuges, bene vivite et
Munere assidue valentem
exercete iuventam.

§3 Epithalamion.

IVVENES

CATULLUS, 61.

VESPER adest, iuvenes, consurgite: Vesper Olympo

exspectata diu vix tandem lumina tollit.

surgere iam tempus, iam pinguis linquere mensas,
iam veniet virgo, iam dicetur hymenaeus.

5 Hymen O Hymenaee, Hymen ades O Hymenace!

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VIRGINES

Cernitis, innuptae, iuvenes ? consurgite contra ;
nimirum Oetacos ostendit noctifer ignes.
sic certest; viden ut perniciter exsiluere ?
non temere exsiluere, canent quod visere par est.
Hymen O Hymenaee, Hymen ades O Hymenaee!

IVVENES

Non facilis nobis, aequalis, palma parata est,
aspicite, innuptae secum ut meditata requirunt.
non frustra meditantur, habent memorabile quod sit,

nec mirum, penitus quae tota mente laborant.

nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures,

iure igitur vincemur, amat victoria curam.
quare nunc animos saltem committite vestros,
dicere iam incipient, iam respondere decebit.
Hymen O Hymenaee, Hymen ades O Hymenaee.

VIRGINES

Hespere, qui caelo fertur crudelior ignis ?
qui natam possis complexu avellere matris,
complexu matris retinentem avellere natam,
et iuveni ardenti castam donare puellam.
quid faciunt hostes capta crudelius urbe ?
Hymen O Hymenaee, Hymen ades O Hymenaee!

IVVENES

Hespere, qui caelo lucet iucundior ignis ?
qui desponsa tua firmes conubia flamma,
quae pepigere viri, pepigerunt ante parentes,
nec iunxere prius quam se tuus extulit ardor.
quid datur a divis felici optatius hora ?
Hymen O Hymenace, Hymen ades O Hymenaee!

VIRGINES

Hesperus e nobis, aequalis, abstulit unam.

[Hymen O Hymenace, Hymen ades O Hymenaee !]

IVVENES

Namque tuo adventu vigilat custodia semper, nocte latent fures, quos idem saepe revertens,

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Hespere, mutato comprendis nomine eosdem.
at libet innuptis ficto te carpere questu.
quid tum, si carpunt, tacita quem mente requirunt?

Hymen O Hymenaee, Hymen ades O Hymenaee !

VIRGINES

Vt flos in saeptis secretus nascitur hortis,
ignotus pecori, nullo contusus aratro,

quem mulcent aurae, firmat sol, educat imber ;
multi illum pueri, multae optavere puellae :
idem cum tenui carptus defloruit ungui,
nulli illum pueri, nullae optavere puellae :
sic virgo, dum intacta manet, dum cara suis est;
cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem,
nec pueris iucunda manet, nec cara puellis.
Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!

IVVENES

Vt vidua in nudo vitis quae nascitur arvo,
numquam se extollit, numquam mitem educat uvam,
sed tenerum prono deflectens pondere corpus,
iam iam contingit summum radice flagellum,
hanc nulli agricolae, nulli coluere iuvenci :
at si forte eadem est ulmo coniuncta marito,
multi illam agricolae, multi accoluere iuvenci :
sic virgo dum intacta manet, dum inculta senescit;
cum par conubium maturo tempore adepta est,
cara viro magis et minus est invisa parenti.

et tu ne pugna cum tali coniuge virgo,
non aequom est pugnare, pater cui tradidit ipse.
ipse pater cum matre, quibus parere necesse est.

virginitas non tota tua est, ex parte parentum est, tertia pars patrist, pars est data tertia matri,

tertia sola tua est: noli pugnare duobus,
qui genero sua iura simul cum dote dederunt.
Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee !

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CATULLUS, 62. (Circ. 60 в.с.)

Roman Utilitarian View of Marriage as the Basis of Human Society. The State the Father of All.

THIS powerful reproductive instinct is a property common

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all creatures. So it is in Marriage that we the seed of society, which is developed in the possession of children and which flowers in the unity and community of the Home. This is the origin of the State too: homes are the seed- 5 bed of social life. The close tie between brothers comes next : then that between cousins, who, as they cannot all be housed under one roof, emigrate, so to speak, to others. Then come marriages and further relationships, and more members of the family. So this reproduction of the breed is the fountain-head 10 of States. Blood-relationship, too, binds men together in good will and affection. The possession of the same ancestral relics, the same worship, the same family tombs, is a great thing. But of all forms of society there is nothing finer or more stable than the unity in friendship of good and true men 15 of like character. Nobility, our favourite topic, even when observed in others, has a compelling force, and makes friends for the man in whom it appears. And though all good qualities are attractive and make us love those who have them, justice and generosity have this effect beyond all others. The common 20 possession of a noble character is a most lovable thing, and the most compelling force on earth. Men who have the same pursuits and the same inclinations feel each as much joy in his companion as in himself; and Pythagoras's ideal of friendship is realized, unity in plurality. Also, the mutual giving and 25 receiving of kindnesses produces strong unions. As long as the benefits are mutual as well as acceptable, the bond of alliance between those who give and receive them is sure. But survey the whole range of philosophic thought, and you ou will find no tie which appeals so strongly to the conscience and to the heart 30 as that which binds each one of us to the State. Parents,

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