The Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus(Author)
Oxford Paperbacks (Publisher)
Published on 1. August 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
223 pages
978-0-19-282850-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Of all Greek and Latin Poets, Catullus (c 84-54 BC) is perhaps one of the most accessible to the modern reader. His personal poetry, dealing with the basic human emotions of love and hate, continues to exert an appeal, particularly the well-known poems to his lover Lesbia. The 116 poems collected here show his abilities in three distinct genres. The short poems reveal his facility with lyric metres; the long ones, all describing mythological weddings, show how he can deal with themes from romantic legend; and in the epigrams, his use of invective enables him to attack his contemporaries viciously and to be blatantly obscene, yet to command respect from his public then and now. In this complete edition of Catullus' poems, the editor provides a Latin text together with a facing translation.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Latin
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-282850-7 (9780192828507)
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10/1998
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€8.65
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Content
Introduction: the text; the collection; Catullus the epigammatist; Catullus' life and poetry; the translation. Latin text and English verse translation. Appendices: differences from Mynor's Oxford text; the metres of Catullus.