Gaius Valerius Catullus

A vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries. Catullus's verses still ring true, reminding readers that the habits of the heart haven't changed in millennia.—Publishers Weekly In the fourteenth century, a manuscript surfaced in Verona that had been lost for more than a thousand years: the poems of Catullus (c....

A vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries. "Catullus's verses still ring true, reminding readers that the habits of the heart haven't changed in millennia."—Publishers Weekly In the fourteenth century, a manuscript surfaced in Verona that had been lost for more than a thousand years: the poems of Catullus (c....

Catullus: Poems, by Gaius Valerius Catullus, delves into the life and work of one of ancient Rome’s most gifted, versatile, and passionate poets. Catullus, who lived from approximately 84 to 54 BC, was part of a group of young poets known as the 'neoterics' who embraced Hellenistic forms to forge a new literary style during a period of radical social...

Catullus, who lived during some of the most interesting and tumultuous years of the late Roman Republic, spent his short but intense life (approximately 84-54 B.C.E.) in high Roman society, rubbing shoulders with various cultural and political luminaries, including Caesar, Cicero, and Pompey. Catullus's poetry is by turns ribald, lyric, romantic, satirical; sometimes obscene and always intelligent, it offers us...