Availability:In StockContributor:Catullus, Peter Whigham (Translator), Peter Whigham (Editor)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:08/01/06Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140449815ISBN-10:140449817UPC:9780140449815Book Category:Poetry, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Subjects & Themes, Ancient, Classical & MedievalBook Topic:Love & EroticaSize:7.76 x 5.16 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCQVF7T073
The Poems
One of the most versatile of Roman poets, Catullus wrote verse of an almost unparalleled diversity and stylistic agility, from the brevity of the epigram to the sustained elegance of the elegy. This collection contains all of Catullus' extant work and includes his lyrics to the notorious Clodia Metelli - married, seductive and corrupt - charting the course from rapturous delight in a new affair...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140449815ISBN-10:140449817UPC:9780140449815Book Category:Poetry, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Subjects & Themes, Ancient, Classical & MedievalBook Topic:Love & EroticaSize:7.76 x 5.16 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCQVF7T073
Very little is kown about Gaius Valerius Catullus, though he was probably born around 84BC. he writes as a friend of Cicero and other leading figures, and appears as a leader of the new movement in poetry and a lover of the notorious Clodia Metelli, who was probably the Lesbia of the poems. He strated writing in 69 or 68 and died around 54BC. Peter Whigham taught on verse composition at the...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Edition
Revised Edition
Contributor(s)
Catullus, Peter Whigham (Translator), Peter Whigham (Editor)
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