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The Complete Poetry of Catullus
University of Wisconsin Press, 2002 Cloth: 978-0-299-17770-6 | Paper: 978-0-299-17774-4 | eISBN: 978-0-299-17773-7 Library of Congress Classification PA6275.E5M85 2002 Dewey Decimal Classification 874.01
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Catullus’ life was akin to pulp fiction. In Julius Caesar’s Rome, he engages in a stormy affair with a consul’s wife. He writes her passionate poems of love, hate, and jealousy. The consul, a vehement opponent of Caesar, dies under suspicious circumstances. The merry widow romances numerous young men. Catullus is drawn into politics and becomes a cocky critic of Caesar, writing poems that dub Julius a low-life pig and a pervert. Not surprisingly, soon after, no more is heard of Catullus. See other books on: Catullus | Catullus, Gaius Valerius | Elegiac poetry, Latin | Love poetry, Latin | Mulroy, David See other titles from University of Wisconsin Press |
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The Complete Poetry of Catullus
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
University of Wisconsin Press, 2002
Cloth: 978-0-299-17770-6
Paper: 978-0-299-17774-4
eISBN: 978-0-299-17773-7
Cloth: 978-0-299-17770-6
Paper: 978-0-299-17774-4
eISBN: 978-0-299-17773-7
Catullus’ life was akin to pulp fiction. In Julius Caesar’s Rome, he engages in a stormy affair with a consul’s wife. He writes her passionate poems of love, hate, and jealousy. The consul, a vehement opponent of Caesar, dies under suspicious circumstances. The merry widow romances numerous young men. Catullus is drawn into politics and becomes a cocky critic of Caesar, writing poems that dub Julius a low-life pig and a pervert. Not surprisingly, soon after, no more is heard of Catullus.
David Mulroy brings to life the witty, poignant, and brutally direct voice of a flesh-and-blood man, a young provincial in the Eternal City, reacting to real people and events in a Rome full of violent conflict among individuals marked by genius and megalomaniacal passions. Mulroy’s lively, rhythmic translations of the poems are enhanced by an introduction and commentary that provide biographical and bibliographical information about Catullus, a history of his times, a discussion of the translations, and definitions and notes that ease the way for anyone who is not a Latin scholar.
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