Lygdamus

Lygdamus (probably a pseudonym) was a Roman poet who wrote love poems in Classical Latin. Six of his elegies, addressed to a girl named Neaera, are preserved in the Appendix Tibulliana alongside the apocryphal works of Tibullus. Quotes Carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae:  gaudeat, ut digna est, versibus ilia novis. Poetry is the lure for the beautiful, gold for the greedy: so let there be new verses to gladden her [Neaera] as she deserves. I, 7 (tr. J. P. Postgate) A crudele genus nec fidum femina nomen!  a pereat, didicit fallere si qua virum. O cruel sex! Woman a treacherous race! Away with her who has learned to play her husband false! IV, 61 (tr. J. P. Postgate) Nescis quid sit amor, iuvenis, si ferre recusas  immitem dominam coniugiumque ferum. Young sir, thou knowest not what is love if thou dost shrink to bear with a cruel mistress and ungentle wife. IV, 73 (tr. J. P. Postgate) Ei mihi, difficile est imitari gaudia falsa,  difficile est tristi fingere mente iocum. Ah me! mock joys are hard to make; 'tis hard to feign merriment when the heart is sad. VI, 33 (tr. J. P. Postgate) External links J. P. Postgate (ed.) Catullus · Tibullus · Pervigilium Veneris (1912), p. 297 Category:Poets from Rome Category:Latin authors Category:Latin literature