Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 BCE) was a Roman poet whose poems are considered to be some of the finest examples of lyric poetry from ancient Rome, despite his youth and early death.
These are the surviving works of Gaius Valerius Catullus, an ancient Roman poet. As a member of the poetae novi, Catullus wrote poems about primarily personal themes, including love (budding, reciprocated, and betrayed), satire (especially of the pretentious), friendship, and death.
Catullus was a great Roman poet, and he is best remembered for his romantic poems and short life. Gaius Valerius Catullus, commonly called Catullus, was a poet from the late Roman Republic.
Since 1995 this site has been the place to find translations of the poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus. Many, many contributors have created a collection containing over 1200 versions of Catullus poems in over 33 different languages. At this site you find the following:
Anthony Day, former editor of The Times' editorial pages, is a contributing writer to Book Review. THE Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, who lived his short life in the tumultuous last years of the ...
MANILA, Philippines - Translated literally, it means “Hail and Farewell.” The poet Gaius Valerius Catullus used the couplet as a tribute to his brother who had recently passed away. The modern ...
Catullus: A Poet in the Rome of Julius Caesar by Aubrey Burl, with a selection of his Poems by Humphrey Clucas 320pp, Constable, £16.99 Of the men and women of ancient Greece and Rome, only a very few ...
Catullus’s cycle of poems to his love, “Lesbia,” have been a mainstay with poets and translators across time and languages. This anthology highlights translations of Catullus from New Directions ...