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The Poems of Catullus: A Bilingual Edition
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Description for The Poems of Catullus: A Bilingual Edition
Hardback. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 682.
Catullus, who lived during some of the most interesting and tumultuous years of the late Roman Republic, spent his short but intense life (?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. The 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, ... Read more
Catullus, who lived during some of the most interesting and tumultuous years of the late Roman Republic, spent his short but intense life (?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. The 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520242647
SKU
V9780520242647
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About Gaius Valerius Catullus
Peter Green is Dougherty Centennial Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin and Adjunct Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. He is the author of many books, including Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography (California, 1991) and Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age (California, 1990). His translations include ... Read more
Reviews for The Poems of Catullus: A Bilingual Edition
“A splendid new translation.”
London Review of Books
“It is a superb piece of work. . . . Green’s translation should encourage readers of all kinds to read or re-read Catullus, one of the greatest and most influential of all classical poets. . . . Like Catullus himself, Green combines vast ambitions with a likeable boyish insouciance. His energetic ... Read more
London Review of Books
“It is a superb piece of work. . . . Green’s translation should encourage readers of all kinds to read or re-read Catullus, one of the greatest and most influential of all classical poets. . . . Like Catullus himself, Green combines vast ambitions with a likeable boyish insouciance. His energetic ... Read more