Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigilium Veneris

Name: Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigilium Veneris
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ISBN: 9780674990074

ISBN-10: 0674990072

ISBN-13: 9780674990074

Edition: 2nd 1962 (Revised)

Authors: Catullus, Tibullus, F. W. Cornish, J. P. Postgate, J. W. Mackail

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Catullus (Gaius Valerius, 84-54 BC), of Verona, went early to Rome, where he associated not only with other literary men from Cisalpine Gaul but also with Cicero and Hortensius. His surviving poems consist of nearly sixty short lyrics, eight longer poems in various metres, and almost fifty epigrams. All exemplify a strict technique of studied composition inherited from early Greek lyric and the poets of Alexandria. In his work we can trace his unhappy love for a woman he calls Lesbia; the death of his brother; his visits to Bithynia; and his emotional friendships and enmities at Rome. For consummate poetic artistry coupled with intensity of feeling Catullus's poems have no rival in Latin…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1962
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1913
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.37" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Reviser's


Note Catullus Tibullus Pervigilium Veneris


Index To Catullus


Index To Tibullus


Appendix On Metres