It would take almost another five centuries for Catullus to reach readers in English; although poets like Lovelace and Cowley nibbled at one or two poems, the first complete English translation ...

The Roman poet Catullus is one of the most popular and frequently studied ancient authors. His poems were written just over two thousand years ago during the chaotic but culturally vibrant final ...

THROUGH many peoples borne, and tossed o'er many a sea, I come, my brother, to your lonely tomb, To pay last honours, though they empty be, And sadly to address thy ashes dumb. Thy living self ...

Catullus' longest poem, a miniature epic or 'epyllion' that tells two apparently unrelated mythological stories, is a central text in the Roman literary tradition. Allusive, exquisite, and sometimes ...