Book Description
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 the famous Lesbia poems and display the full range of Catullus's mastery of lyric meter, mythological themes, and epigrammatic invective and wit.
The Poems of Catullus: The Complete Poems ANNOTATION
New tranlations make accessible the work of one of ancient Rome's most widely read and exciting poets.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
In this complete edition of Catullus' poems, Guy Lee, one of the most eminent living translators from Latin, provides a reliable Latin text together with a facing translation, described by The Times as 'the best for any non-Latinist who is determined to get to grips with this poet.'
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
This is among the best of modern translations of Catullus. It is responsive to the diversity of Catullan meters and captures his swing from the voice of impassioned lover to that of abusive reviler, from the language of refinement and learning to that of a man-about-town conversant with street gutterese. The poems in this translation hold together well as a unified oeuvre while conveying with remarkable success Catullus's wit, elegantly controlled passion, and intermixture of contemporary Roman scenes and vast mythological landscapes.-- Stephen Scully, Boston Univ.
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