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Catullus: The Poems
Hardcover
Series: Latin Texts
ISBN13: 9781853991295
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jun 1 1991
Pages: 239
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84-54 BCE), one of the finest lyrical poets of classical times, was also among the bawdiest. He was capable of producing poems of such forthright and ribald sensuality that until recently they were all too often relegated to collections of erotica to protect the innocent minds of impressionable students. This collection of Catullus' poems incorporates the original Latin text and a facing English translation by James Michie, which is contemporary and lively, matching the spirit of the original, and also reveals the poets as he really was: a worldly, lusty man writing for his turbulent age.
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