Catullus
Catullus wrote elegant lyric poetry and scurrilous invective. Among his targets was Julius Caesar. Catullus was in love with a woman he called Lesbia who is believed to have been Clodia, the sister of Clodius Pulcher.
Catullus - Roman Poet
Catullus was a Roman neoteric poet.
Catullus was a Roman neoteric poet.
Non-Standard Male Roman Sexuality
Malacus and cinaedos were Greek borrowings to describe men Romans viewed as unmanly.
Malacus and cinaedos were Greek borrowings to describe men Romans viewed as unmanly.
Odi et Amo - Catullus Carmen 85
A look at the chiastic structure and corresponding passions of Catullus Carmen 85 Odi et Amo.
A look at the chiastic structure and corresponding passions of Catullus Carmen 85 Odi et Amo.
Review: The Venus Throw
Steven Saylor's mystery about the murder of an Alexandrian philosopher, featuring the infamous widow Lesbia, her brother Clodius, Catullus, the poet who wrote about them, Crassus, Cicero, Caelius, and Gordianus the Finder.
Steven Saylor's mystery about the murder of an Alexandrian philosopher, featuring the infamous widow Lesbia, her brother Clodius, Catullus, the poet who wrote about them, Crassus, Cicero, Caelius, and Gordianus the Finder.
Catulli Carmina - Text With Comments
William Harris' article analyzing the love poems by Catullus. Latin text included. Also see Harris' The Lady of Didyma, based on the poem by Catullus on Cybele. Provides some details of the Attis and Cybele myth and worship.
William Harris' article analyzing the love poems by Catullus. Latin text included. Also see Harris' The Lady of Didyma, based on the poem by Catullus on Cybele. Provides some details of the Attis and Cybele myth and worship.
Catullus 5
Catullus' "Let us live and love" poem in Latin, with photographs of ancient artifacts illustrating some of the Latin vocabulary.
Catullus' "Let us live and love" poem in Latin, with photographs of ancient artifacts illustrating some of the Latin vocabulary.
Catullus
John Porter's article on the Latin poet, Gaius Valerius Catullus discusses the following aspects of his life, work, and times: the Collection, his life, his politics and social position as eques, Catullus the Neoteric poet, and his relationship with Lesbia.
John Porter's article on the Latin poet, Gaius Valerius Catullus discusses the following aspects of his life, work, and times: the Collection, his life, his politics and social position as eques, Catullus the Neoteric poet, and his relationship with Lesbia.
A Supplement to the AP Catullus
Many of the poems of Catullus, in Latin, with notes on vocabulary and meter, from Ravenna High School Latin. Requires Shockwave.
Many of the poems of Catullus, in Latin, with notes on vocabulary and meter, from Ravenna High School Latin. Requires Shockwave.
Catullus: Carmina
Hypertext edition of Catullus with concordance. Takes Catullus text from Project Libellus, an ongoing attempt to provide a library of classical Latin/Greek texts with minimal redistribution restrictions.
Hypertext edition of Catullus with concordance. Takes Catullus text from Project Libellus, an ongoing attempt to provide a library of classical Latin/Greek texts with minimal redistribution restrictions.
Catullus Is Cool
Information on Catullus and Lesbia (Clodia), with the poems, in Latin and in English, with many poems translated into other languages, including French, Chinese, Dutch, Estonian, Russian, Japanese, and more.
Information on Catullus and Lesbia (Clodia), with the poems, in Latin and in English, with many poems translated into other languages, including French, Chinese, Dutch, Estonian, Russian, Japanese, and more.
Catullus: The Modern Student's Guide
"Recording Catullus' poems as songs began as an effort to create...that effect the originals may have had on Roman audiences...It focuses attention back onto the Latin, rather than the translation." This site provides a poem-by-poem resuscitation of Latin -- put into song.
"Recording Catullus' poems as songs began as an effort to create...that effect the originals may have had on Roman audiences...It focuses attention back onto the Latin, rather than the translation." This site provides a poem-by-poem resuscitation of Latin -- put into song.