1972 The Poems of Catullus Paperback - Latin-English Translations Love Poems

Green Price Stickers From McMaster Bookstore on Front Cover - Age Related Wear - Significant Yellowing of Pages Latin Poems Side by Side with English Translations by James Michie Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BCE), often referred to simply as Catullus, was a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, focusing on personal life rather than classical heroes. His surviving works are still read widely and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art One of the finest lyrical poets of classical times was also among the bawdiest. He was capable of producing poems of such forthright and ribald sensuality that until recently they were all too often relegated to collections of erotica to protect the innocent minds of impressionable students. This collection of his poems, incorporatingCatullus' Latin Side by side with a racy modern English translation that matches the spirit of the original, shows the poet as he really was: A worldly, lusty man writing for his turbulent age.