Foeda est in coitu et brevis voluptas
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"Foeda est in coitu et brevis voluptas" is a line of poetry by Petronius.
It is translated by Ben Jonson as
- Doing a filthy pleasure is, and short,
- And done, we straight repent us of the sport.
- --Ben Jonson, Underwoods 88.
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Full Petronius poem
Foeda est in coitu et brevis voluptas
et taedet Veneris statim peractae.
Non ergo ut pecudes libidinosae
caeci protinus irruamus illuc
(nam languescit amor peritque flamma);
sed sic sic sine fine feriati
et tecum iaceamus osculantes.
Hic nullus labor est ruborque nullus:
hoc iuvit, iuvat et diu iuvabit;
hoc non deficit incipitque semper.
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Bibliographia
- "Petronius, Ben Jonson, Helen Waddell, Jack Lindsay, John Press, Judy Spink, Michael Lebeck, J. P. Sullivan: Foeda Est in Coitu Voluptas: Versions" in Arion vol. 2 no. 1 (1963) pp. 82-84 JSTOR
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