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The Complete Poems

by Catullus

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Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing candidly with the basic human emotions of love and hate, his virile, personal tone exerts a powerful appeal on all kinds of readers. The 116 poems collected in this new translation include the famous Lesbia poems and display the full range of Catullus's mastery of lyric meter, mythological themes, and epigrammatic invective and wit.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisancient Romeancient RomeMore like thisLess of this
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classclassMore like thisLess of this
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ancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisantiquityantiquityMore like thisLess of thisancient Romeancient RomeMore like thisLess of thisRomeRomeMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 195 pages
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