{"product_id":"the-poems-of-catullus-by-gaius-valerius-catullus-9780520253865","title":"The Poems of Catullus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatullus, 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 vivid pictures of the poet's friends, enemies, and lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe verses to his friends are bitchy, funny, and affectionate; those to his enemies are often wonderfully nasty. Many poems brilliantly evoke his passionate affair with Lesbia, often identified as Clodia Metelli, a femme fatale ten years his senior and the smart, adulterous wife of an arrogant aristocrat. Cicero later claimed she poisoned her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new bilingual translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Poems of Catullus\u003c\/em\u003e by Peter Green is fresh, bawdy, and utterly engaging. Unlike its predecessors, it adheres to the principle that the rhythm of a poem, whether familiar or not, is among the most crucial elements for its full appreciation. Green provides an essay on the poet's life and literary background, a historical sketch of the politically fraught late Roman Republic in which Catullus lived, copious notes on the poems, a wide-ranging bibliography for further reading, and a full glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010632986860,"sku":"9780520253865","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520253865-the-poems-of-catullus.jpg?v=1785155225","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-poems-of-catullus-by-gaius-valerius-catullus-9780520253865","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}