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Catullus

Gaius Valerius Catullus (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Classical Latin: [ˈɡaːius waˈlɛrius kaˈtullus]; c. 84 – c. 54 BC), known as Catullus (/kəˈtʌləs/ ⓘ kə-TUL-əs), was a Latin neoteric…

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Genre
Lyric poetry
Occupation
Poet
Born
Gaius Valerius Catullus c. 84 BC Verona, Italy, Roman Republic
Died
c. 54 BC (age 29–30) Rome, Italy, Roman Republic
Language
Latin

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Catullus

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related to Further reading · 283
Catullus → AA, African Classical Associations, Alexandrian Sensibility, America, American Philological Association, Amsterdam, Ancient Poetry, Anna, Antichthon, Atti, Avdikos, Balme, Balmer, Barrett, Barwick, Bassa's Borborysms, Bell, Berkeley, Berlin, Bild
related to Cultural depictions · 42
Catullus → Attis, Baxter Slate, Because, Both Catullus, Caesar, Catullus's, Charles Bernstein, Cleopatra, Clodia, English, Farewell, Hardy's, Joseph Wambaugh's, Julius Caesar, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Lesbia, Lesbia's, Libertines, Lolita, Louis Zukofsky
related to Life · 27
Catullus → According, Caesar, Catullus's, Cicero, Cisalpine Gaul, Cornelius Nepos, Gallic, Grottoes, Gāius Valerius Catullus, He, Helvius Cinna, His, In, Julius Caesar, Lake Garda, Licinius Calvus, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Pompey, Promagistrate, Quintus Hortensius
related to External links · 20
Catullus → Archived, Carmen, Catullus's, Daniel Mendelsohn, December, English Translated, EnglishCatullus, Internet ArchiveWorks, KlineCatullus Online, Latin, LibriVox, March, Perseus Digital LibraryWorks, Project GutenbergWorks, Robert Sonkowsky, Seduce Us, The New Yorker, Thomas Nelson WinterSORGLL, Wayback Machine, Why Catullus Continues
related to Musical settings · 17
Catullus → American, Burial, Dominick Argento, English, Festival Chorus, Hate, His Brother, Love, Mátyás Seiber, Ned Rorem’s, On, Pulitzer, Robert Shaw, Sirmio, The American, The Dale Warland Singers, The Hungarian-born British
related to Poets influenced by Catullus · 16
Catullus → Ezra Pound, For Once, He, His, John Milton, Petrarch, Robert Frost, Robert Frost's, Robert Herrick, Roman, Something, Tennyson, The, Then, Verona, William Butler Yeats
related to Intellectual influences · 15
Catullus → Alexandrian, Although, BC, Callimachus, Catullus's, Cicero, Ennius, Hellenistic Age, Homer, Horace's, Johnson's, Latin, Neoteric Poetics, Sapphic, Sappho
related to Sources and organization · 15
Catullus → After, Bodleian Library, Boethius, Catullus's, CE, Each, In, Jerome, One, Oxford, Petrarch, St, The, Two, Verona
see also · 4
Catullus → CatullusCodex Vaticanus Ottobonianus Latinus, CatullusList, Latin, Poetry
related to Style · 3
Catullus → He, His, Lesbia

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CatullusBornGaius Valerius Catullus c. 84 BC Verona, Italy, Roman Republic1.00infobox
CatullusDiedc. 54 BC (age 29–30) Rome, Italy, Roman Republic1.00infobox
CatullusGenreLyric poetry1.00infobox
CatullusLanguageLatin1.00infobox
CatullusOccupationPoet1.00infobox
Catullusis aprotagonist of Tom Holland's 1995 novel Attis.Catullus appears in Steven Saylor's 1995 novel The Venus Throw as the embittered ex-lover of Clodia0.90text
in Catullus 13.Poets influenced by CatullusThe rebirth of Catullus’ poetry following the discovery of the Verona manuscript influenced writers as diverse as John Miltoninstance ofHe also demonstrates a great sense of humour0.80text
Robert Herrickinstance ofHe also demonstrates a great sense of humour0.80text
Petrarchinstance ofHe also demonstrates a great sense of humour0.80text
William Butler Yeatsinstance ofHe also demonstrates a great sense of humour0.80text
Robert Frostinstance ofHe also demonstrates a great sense of humour0.80text
and Ezra Poundinstance ofHe also demonstrates a great sense of humour0.80text

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