Academic Discussion On Catullus and his Poems (27 min), from BBC In Our Time ...
More on Catullus' Poem #85
The final Latin word in the poem, "excrucior", has often been translated as "I am crucified."
Do you think that Catullus could imagine that in only a few decades after his death,
crucifixion would become christen as the centerpiece of a new religion ??
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