{"id":9442,"date":"2015-05-08T09:33:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/?p=9442"},"modified":"2015-05-08T09:33:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:33:42","slug":"between-life-and-death-catullus-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/2015\/05\/08\/between-life-and-death-catullus-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Life and Death (Catullus 101)"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9442-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Becker.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Becker.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Becker.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Like the recently dead, mourners also come to reside in a transitional state between life and death, argues <strong>Ali Becker<\/strong>. Her careful reading of Catullus&#8217; poem on the death of his brother connects the text with Roman funeral customs and beliefs about the afterlife. Drawing especially on the work of Andrew Feldherr (&#8220;<em>Non inter nota sepulcra<\/em>: Catullus 101 and Roman Funerary Ritual,&#8221; <em>Classical Antiquity <\/em>19.2 [2000], pp. 209-231)<br \/>\nshe notes\u00a0how\u00a0by Catullus&#8217;\u00a0vivid but carefully restrained language takes us with him into that state of grief-stricken isolation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9444\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/TMGsWU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9444\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9444\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Becker_image_mosaicsromanempire01-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"A Roman mosaic showing offerings at a grave. Source: http:\/\/goo.gl\/TMGsWU\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Becker_image_mosaicsromanempire01-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Becker_image_mosaicsromanempire01.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Roman mosaic showing offerings at a grave. Source: http:\/\/goo.gl\/TMGsWU<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mult\u0101s per gent\u0113s et multa per aequora vectus<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\nadveni\u014d h\u0101s miser\u0101s, fr\u0101ter, ad \u012bnferi\u0101s,<\/p>\n<p>ut t\u0113 postr\u0113m\u014d d\u014dn\u0101rem m\u016bnere mortis<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\net m\u016btam n\u0113qu\u012bquam alloquerer cinerem,<\/p>\n<p>quandoquidem fort\u016bna mih\u012b t\u0113t\u0113 abstulit ipsum,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\nheu miser indign\u0113 fr\u0101ter ad\u0113mpte mihi.<\/p>\n<p>Nunc tamen intere\u0101 haec, pr\u012bsc\u014d quae m\u014dre parentum<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\ntr\u0101dita sunt tr\u012bst\u012b m\u016bnere ad \u012bnferi\u0101s,<\/p>\n<p>accipe fr\u0101tern\u014d multum m\u0101nantia fl\u0113t\u016b,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\natque in perpetuum, fr\u0101ter, av\u0113 atque val\u0113.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like the recently dead, mourners also come to reside in a transitional state between life and death, argues Ali Becker. 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