And this, I always understood, was the reason for the agnomen.
Off go the folk, chasing after Clodia/Lesbia like a rat up a hypocaust. And look at the amount of speculation as to poor Ipsitilla, on whom I have written a little myself.
I like to think that she is but a nudge and a wink - "Ipsa et Illa". Her, She, That Woman, with whom Catullus might well have claimed he did not have sexual relations.
Do we, do you suppose, Allen, have a little too much time on our hands?
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