Poems of Catullus

Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing candidly with the basic human emotions of love and hate, his virile, personal tone exerts a powerful appeal on all kinds of readers. The 116 poems collected in this new translation include thefamous Lesbia poems and display the full range of Catullus's mastery of lyric meter, mythological themes, and epigrammatic invective and wit.Catullus, Gaius Valerius is the author of 'Poems of Catullus', published 1980 under ISBN 9780140441802 and ISBN 0140441808.