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Metre of Carmen 13
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nemax
Posted on Mon Nov 05, 2012 20:17:10
I'm just beginning to study Latin poetry and this is my first piece of Catullus. Can someone explain why in lines 6, 13 and 14, the syllables "quam", "cum" and "tum are ignored for scansion purposes.
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