These are the first translations of Catullus to reimagine his rhythms in English and thus to let contemporary readers hear the formal beauty of his verse as well as its content, which Robert Lowell calls "much more raw and direct than ...

As a young man, Cattullus moved to Rome and conducted a passionate affair with a woman whom he addresses as Lesbia. The Lesbia poems depict the progress of this relationship from first, careless rapture to final rupture.

Written to become the standard college textbook as well as a comprehensive reference, the book includes a brief introduction setting forth the known facts about the poet's life and the character of his poems, a fresh recension of all 113 ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.