| 单词 | Catullus |
| 例句 | Catullus tells several of the stories, and Horace alludes to them often, but neither is important for mythology. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No one expects me to fall in love with Catullus' aristocratic mistress, even when I am writing versions of his poems to her; she's dead, whoever she was. Belief is unnecessary, but knowledge helps 2010-08-25T10:30:00Z Wills also cites this epigram by Catullus, on the subject of an invitation from Julius Caesar: “Join your party?/I might, mighty Czar,/Could I remember/quite who you are.” | A History of Gossip 2010-12-07T16:00:00Z If you're thinking of a cute cuddly caterpillar Catullus and his cousins are certainly not. Catullus the Caterpillar by Rachel Braddock, illustrated by Joy Rutherford - review 2012-10-01T14:45:00Z Campion opens, more or less, with Catullus's first six lines. Poem of the week: My Sweetest Lesbia by Thomas Campion 2010-03-22T10:50:00Z As Julius Caesar proved when he forgave Catullus, politics and showbiz are in each other’s pockets. Clive James: ‘Coogan and Brydon are the funniest couple since Laurel and Hardy’ 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z I don’t see any difference between a poet like Catullus or Virgil and Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan 101: A Harvard Professor Has the Coolest Class on Campus 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Horace DH Lawrence Percy Bysshe Shelley Catullus What is the name of Caroline Lawrence’s child detective hero in her novel The Secrets of Vesuvius, from her bestselling Roman Mysteries series? Quiz: Volcanoes in literature 2010-04-16T13:22:00Z I also took four years of Latin — Caesar, Cicero, Catullus and Virgil — but Greek left a deeper impression. Book review: ‘Why Homer Matters,’ by Adam Nicholson 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z As well as feeling for the passion of Catullus, I love the elegance of the turn in the middle of his poems, the way he shows us how his emotions pivot between hate and love. Belief is unnecessary, but knowledge helps 2010-08-25T10:30:00Z Her narrator Patroclus, she has said, sees the world "more like Sappho and Catullus than Homer"; he is a lover, not a fighter, swept up in the war because he is inseparable from Achilles. Madeline Miller's faithful approach to Homer was key to her Orange prize win 2012-06-01T08:44:31Z Catullus is playful, too, but more intense; the Elizabethan keeps lusty defiance in check. Poem of the week: My Sweetest Lesbia by Thomas Campion 2010-03-22T10:50:00Z Catullus the Caterpillar reads like a tongue twister. Catullus the Caterpillar by Rachel Braddock, illustrated by Joy Rutherford - review 2012-10-01T14:45:00Z It’s also a longtime focus of cultural obsession, across many historical periods and on every continent, from the poetry of Catullus to the woodblock prints of 19th-century Japan. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z Her second year of study emphasizes literature and introduces her to the poet Catullus, “a man of his time, entirely sexist.” Finding meaning late in life without ‘Eat Pray Love’ 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Expect references to Catullus, Eros, Venus, Utamaro and Zeus, alongside spotted hyenas, the ornate bell moth, sloths, slime molds, cheetahs and a great many more. Review | Yusef Komunyakaa again brings his distinctive music to the page 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Single names — “Apollo,” “Venus,” “Sappho,” “Catullus” — evoke entire mythologies, whole bodies of literature. Review | I’ve been waiting half my life for this show. It’s magnificent. 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The entry for Catullus, several of whose poems I could recite from memory in Latin, read: "The greatest lyric poet of Rome." Why I write about war — and why I can't escape it 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Here's some advice from the Roman poet, Catullus, who says to his nemesis: Author Sarah Everts on why sweating is our "evolutionary superpower" 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Another of Susan’s sons was studying Latin in high school, so the male was named after the Roman poet Catullus. Perspective | When naming their pets, some dog and cat owners look to history 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Catullus The Roman poet Catullus is the father of dirty books. Vintage filth: a guide to history’s rudest texts 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Quite what these professors thought was going on between the sheets of Catullus and Lesbia, or Propertius and Cynthia, is one of the great mysteries of classical scholarship. A battle with prejudice: why we overlook the warrior women of ancient times | Natalie Haynes 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z “Morrison is a very good actor and a very good poet — one who speaks in short, beautiful bursts, like the Roman Catullus,” Powledge wrote. LIFE With the 'Lizard King': Photos of Jim and the Doors, 1968 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Karl takes the solemn but lyrical tone of Catullus weeping for his brother. Karl Miller: a man of distinction 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z “Sadly, Bella died a few years ago, but Catullus is doing quite well for a senior cat. He’s extremely vocal but hasn’t written any poetry we are aware of.” Perspective | When naming their pets, some dog and cat owners look to history 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Shakespeare and Pope and Milton by the fifth grade; in high school, Dante and Catullus in the original. Poetry: Who Needs It? 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Lucretius and Catullus are excellently represented: as in the field of Roman drama are Plautus and Terence, with fragments of elder playwrights. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The scene is taken from the classic poem of Catullus, when Ariadne, near the shore of Naxos, flees from the presence of Bacchus, whose chariot is drawn by leopards. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z He has neither the frank laughter of Aristophanes and Rabelais, nor the frank passion of Catullus and Donne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z His lyrical poetry is thus, not, like that of Catullus, the ardent utterance of his youth, but the mature and finished workmanship of his manhood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z The Attis of Catullus gives a vivid picture of the frenzy which this worship could excite. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The length of the fingers was rather subject of praise, as is noticed by the commentators on Catullus. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z His lovers' phrases63, though used by him with a saturnine humour, remind us of the passionate use of similar phrases in Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But in the poem he next read to me, the tenderness of Catullus and his perfection of form reach, I think, a climax. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z His love poems, when compared with those of Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius, show that he never, in his mature years at least, allowed his peace of mind to be at the mercy of any one. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Each of them believed himself to be a Virgil, a Catullus, a Tibullus, a Petrarch. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Catullus introduced the metre to Latin literature, and used it with more fidelity than his followers to its genuine Greek inspiration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Thus Terence may, more even than Catullus or Lucan, be ranked among 'the inheritors of unfulfilled renown.' The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The last of the Catullus poems I want to refer to he never read to me as a whole. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Catullus, in his hendecasyllabics, had shown the vivacity with which that light and graceful metre could be employed in telling some short story or describing some trivial situation dramatically. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z In literature she is the subject of frequent mention, but no work of importance, with the exception of Catullus lxiii., is due to her inspiration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z And few the bards we could not quote, From gay Catullus' lines to Milton's purer note. Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z Catullus, on the other hand, was the most successful among a band of rival poets with most of whom he lived in intimacy. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z These, I think, were the most remarkable of the Catullus poems he showed me, though of course there were others. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Opinions will differ as to whether he or Catullus is to be regarded as the greater lyrical poet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z His diction, like that of Catullus, has all the unaffected ease of refined conversation. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Wittier condemned him to everlasting obloquy in a lofty lyric, which from its very title of one word throughout was reprobation more stinging than the world-known lampoon of Catullus against Julius Cæsar. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Another, and less admirable, side of the nature of Catullus is reflected in his short satirical poems. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He himself only called it “a far-off echo of the Attis of Catullus.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Catullus, throwing his heart away, Gave fewer kisses every day. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z There is less than the usual hyperbole in the contemporary comparison of him to Catullus, and he reminds an Englishman of the school represented nearly a century later by Carew, Randolph and Suckling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Perhaps a reader exclaims, “As I do not know Martial and Catullus your comparison is nothing to me.” The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z But it does not follow that the poem was written by Catullus at that time. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z And Uncle Catullus cried: “Yes, tell him, tell him; after all, he must be told.” The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z He wrought his art simply and lucidly, the aspirations that pervade it are everywhere sensuous, and yet it recalls oftener the turbulent temper of Catullus than any serener ancient spirit. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z In Catullus, the elm is the husband and the vine the wife. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z The monks copied him; they copied Pliny, Dioscorides, Plato, and Aristotle; they copied Catullus and Martial. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Of the greater poets of Rome, Catullus alone shows little trace of this grave ardour of feeling, the more usual accompaniment of the firm temper of manhood than of the prodigal genius of youth. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z And Uncle Catullus called his guards and drivers and bade them make his camel kneel down for him. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z For Heine arose early in active rebellion against a merely passive classicism; just as fiercer and more ardent cries, as from the Orient, pierce through the songs of Catullus. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Nor can it be said that D'Annunzio ever tries to give it delicacy or veiled suggestion; his language is as broad and as gross as that of Ovid or Catullus. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Byron thus alluded to the book in his once famous satire: "'Tis Little, young Catullus of his day, As sweet but as immoral in his lay." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z The chapter on Catullus has been re-written and enlarged, and the views formerly expressed in it have been modified. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Uncle Catullus lay under the awning of the thalamegus and asked Cora to come and sit by him: “Sing and play me some cheerful songs, Cora,” he said. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The young Catullus of 1825, with his fiery passions crushed in the wine-press of life and yielding such divine ambrosia, soon lost his faith in passion. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Mirabeau's novels, Chénier's Greek verses, Diderot's correspondence, and Montesquieu's minor works are as daring as the writings of Catullus himself. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Donne, who closed his life as a St. Austin, had opened it as a Catullus. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z I have more especially to express my sense of obligation to Mr. Munro's writings on Lucretius and Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z This was the burden of Uncle Catullus’ complaint. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Amongst the writers of Latin epigrams, Catullus and Martial occupy leading places. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Every day The Times has stories better than Catullus, And episodes which Horace would have used. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z On looking eastward, on the crest of the Aria Capitolina was seen, lined by a double row of porticoes one above the other, the Tabularium of Catullus. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Few among the poets who have recorded their own experience of love, in any age, have expressed a feeling so true or so intense as Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The travellers stood in silence before the statue in the moonlight; and even Uncle Catullus refrained from jesting. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z A portion of this fragment was adopted by Catullus. Love, Worship and Death Some Renderings from the Greek Anthology 2011-04-21T02:00:45.290Z Up goes Catullus By Ovid on the shelf. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z His writing, like that of Catullus, bears the undefined stamp of something which can only be named genius. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Catullus, dying only a few years before the extinction of popular freedom, is, in every nerve and fibre, the poet of a republic. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z And the travellers, who now all stood on the cape waiting for the ship, saw the figures of Uncle Catullus, of the stewards Vettius and Rufus, of the master and the steersman. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The conqueror of Hannibal treated these libels with the same indifference with which Cæsar afterwards regarded the lines of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He was unfortunately possessed of the opulence and leisure which Providence had denied to Plautus, Terence, and Catullus; and the leisure he enjoyed was chiefly devoted to translation. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z She refused, and was locked up in a tower by the Lake of Garda, where memories of Catullus and Lesbia still faintly lingered. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z It is one of the great charms of the Letters to Atticus, and of the shorter poems of Catullus, that they give us back the flavour of this homely native idiom. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Why did Uncle Catullus lift his hands on high and shake his head, pinned round so comically in his travelling-veil? The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Catullus here playfully, yet feelingly, remonstrates with himself, for still pursuing his inconstant Lesbia, by whom he had been forsaken. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z These did not suit very well for the epic poems, or even comedies or the Romans; and were totally abhorrent from the lyrical or epigrammatic productions of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z True, this note existed very sparingly among the Greeks and Romans in Sappho and Catullus, but the romantic note was singularly absent from European literature in the early medieval ages. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Jahrb. cxxix, referred to in Schmidt's Catullus, attempts to show by an examination of the dates assigned for the birth of Lucretius, that he was born in 97 b.c. and died in 53 b.c. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He was surprised that the quadrireme, with Uncle Catullus on board, had not arrived from the Gulf of Acathantus, nay, was not even in sight. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z It would appear from Forsyth’s Travels, that a spot is still fixed on as the site of the residence of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The first volume of Noel’s work contains the Discours Preliminaire on the Life, Poetry, Editions, and Translations of Catullus; and the version itself, which is accompanied with the Latin text. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z In 1889 appeared a second and enlarged edition, which placed its author in the first rank of authorities on Catullus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The caustic sense of Ennius, the generous scorn of Lucretius, the license of Catullus, attest their affinity, in some elements of character, to the Roman satirists. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “Well,” said Uncle Catullus, “here’s another of these little pets which are kept for the edification of foreigners!” The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z This is the first strictly lyric production of Catullus which occurs, and there are only three other poems of a similar class. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The second volume comprises a very large body of notes, chiefly exhibiting the imitations of Catullus by French poets. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z His chief work has been on Catullus, whom he began to study in 1859. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The poems of Lucretius and Catullus enable us, better perhaps than any other extant Latin works, to appreciate the most opposite capacities and tendencies of the Roman genius. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “That of course goes without saying,” commented Uncle Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z In many of the lines he has closely followed Catullus; but it seems scarcely possible that any modern poet could excite in his mind the enthusiasm essential for the production of such works. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z No author suffers so much by being diluted as Catullus, and he can only be given with effect by a brevity as condensed and piquant as his own. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Madam Dacier takes Notice of a very pretty Circumstance in Sappho's Hymn to Venus, translated into Latin by Catullus, and into English by Mr. Philips. An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z The form of poetry adopted by him prevented his speaking of himself and telling his own history, as Catullus, Horace, Ovid, etc., have done in their lyrical, elegiac, and familiar writings. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “The sandal kept for tourists,” murmured Uncle Catullus, with a sceptical smile. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Catullus, having put the expression of this idea in the mouth of a princess abandoned by her lover, it became a sort of Formula for deserted heroines among subsequent poets. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Virgil is repeatedly cited in the course of his epistles, and the lines of Catullus are familiarly referred to as authorities for the proper quantities of syllables. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Was there not Anacreon too, and Catullus, and Ovid—all translated, and readily accessible? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z An apparent imitation by Catullus has been already noticed. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The merchant trireme glided away over a smooth sea; and the travellers on the deck waved farewell to Uncle Catullus, who stood on the prow and waved back. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z We are naturally led to compare with Catullus, the efforts of his own countrymen, particularly those of Ovid and Virgil, in portraying the agonies of deserted nymphs and princesses. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The first line explains that the MS. was brought to Italy from beyond the Alps, and the second that it was discovered by a countryman of Catullus, that is, by a citizen of Verona. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z But still more undoubted is the superiority of Catullus in pictorial or statuesque reproduction seen in that part of his poem in which the original subject, the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, is described. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Half a century from the death of Lucilius elapsed before the appearance of the poems of Lucretius and Catullus, which come next to be considered. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Uncle Catullus was already sitting on his camel. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z It is in the first book of the Art of Love, that Ovid approaches nearest to Catullus, particularly in the sudden contrast between the solitude and melancholy of Ariadne, and the revelry of the Bacchanalians. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In the year 1738, a curious fraud was practised with regard to Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z It is no disparagement to Virgil to say that in this kind of art he is inferior to Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Instead of offering a prose version of the longer passages quoted from Catullus, I have again availed myself of the kind permission formerly given me by Sir Theodore Martin to make use of his translation. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z No, Uncle Catullus would never have stood it here, thought Lucius, when the travellers went still farther south, to the capital of Ethiopia, Meroe, on the island of the same name. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z In the details of this story, Ariosto has chiefly copied from Ovid; but he has also availed himself of several passages in Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The credit it obtained, introduced new disorders into the text of Catullus; and when the fraud was at length detected, the contriver of it only laughed at the temporary success of his imposture. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Mr. Munro has shown the influence exercised by this poem on the later style of Catullus, who collected and edited his own poems about the time when Virgil came to Rome, and died shortly afterwards. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The substance and thought of Ennius, Lucretius, and Catullus, even when they reproduce Greek materials, appear to be more vivified by their own feeling than the substance and thought of the Augustan poets. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “So I am going too, as I belong to the household?” exclaimed Uncle Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z This elegy of Catullus may be considered as a sort of introduction to that which follows it. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Doering, in early life, had printed an edition of the principal poem of Catullus, the Epithalamium of Peleus and Thetis. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z His language appears indeed inferior not only to that of Lucretius and Catullus but even to that of Ennius in reproducing the first vivid impressions of things upon the mind. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Catullus and the elegiac poets of the Augustan age abandoned themselves to the passionate enjoyment of their lives, under little restraint either from the pride or the virtue of their forefathers. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Uncle Catullus hurried away, clasping his fat stomach in his two hands. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The obscenities of Catullus, however, it must be admitted, are oftener the sport of satire, than the ebullitions of a voluptuous imagination. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Encouraged by the success of this publication, he subsequently prepared a complete edition of Catullus, which came forth at Leipsic in 1788. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Virgil was still an unknown student, carefully preparing himself for the labour of his life almost till he reached the age at which Catullus died. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Catullus, in his very coarseness, betrays the grain of that strong nature, out of which the freedom and energy of the Republic had been developed. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “If only they don’t lose that perfume, Caleb, when they ascend the Nile again!” said Uncle Catullus, jestingly. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z No subject connected with the works of Catullus is more curious than the different sentiments, which, as we have seen, he expresses with regard to this woman. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Now, the beauties of Catullus are precisely of that nature, of which it is impossible to convey the smallest idea in a prose translation. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z But it is a little remarkable that, while reproducing the language and cadences of both these poets in his first acknowledged work, Virgil never mentions the name either of Lucretius or Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Catullus mentions the 'procax Fescennina locutio,' among the accompaniments of marriage festivals; and the songs of the soldiers, in the extravagant license of the triumphal procession, betrayed unmistakably this primitive coarseness. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “I shall see to that, my lord,” said Caleb, who saw through Uncle Catullus quite as plainly as Uncle Catullus saw through Caleb. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z It was thus that Lucretius was enabled to embody in Roman verse the whole Epicurean system, and Catullus to imitate or translate the lighter amatory and epigrammatic compositions of the Greeks. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z It is from poetry that the elegies of Catullus derive almost all their tenderness—his amorous verses all their delicacy, playfulness, or voluptuousness—and his epigrams all their sting. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z These critical coteries Horace treats, as Catullus treats his ‘vile poets, pests of the age,’ and as Pope treated Dennis and the other poetasters of his time. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil I have added some notes to the Chapter on Catullus, suggested by the opinions expressed in the Prolegomena to the Edition of B. Schmidt. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Uncle Catullus threw oboli among the street-boys, who rolled over one another, fighting. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z It differs from it too, by directing the attention chiefly to the parrot, whereas Catullus fixes it more on the lady, who had been deprived of her favourite. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z That indefatigable translator of the Latin poets, the Abbé Marolles, was the first person who traduced Catullus in French. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The later poetical style of Rome never regains the lucidity and volume which it has in Lucretius, or the ease and sparkling flow of Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Though these lines are rough and inharmonious as compared with the rhythm of Catullus or Virgil, yet they flow more smoothly and rapidly than any of the other fragments preserved from Ennius. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Meanwhile Uncle Catullus had duly succeeded in acquiring the embroideries from Tyre and Nineveh at a really laughable price and presented them to his nephew, who of course paid for them in his stead. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z In this poem, which is addressed to Cicero as the most eloquent of the Romans, Catullus modestly returns the orator thanks for some service he had rendered him. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Brunet mentions a translation still more recent, by M. Mollevaut, which is in verse, and proves that more justice may be done to Catullus in rhyme than prose. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The rhythm which in the other Eclogues reproduces the Theocritean cadences is in this more stately and uniform, recalling those of Catullus in his longest poem. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil He has not, like Catullus, the pure delight of an artist in painting outward scenes. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The Tentyrians worship Aphrodite and hunt the crocodile, which they destroy wherever they can; and Uncle Catullus said that they showed good taste in this civilized choice. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Boileau has also attempted this far-famed fragment; but although he has produced an elegant enough poem, he has not expressed the vehement passion of the Greek original so happily as Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He was the first to give, as he himself says, the whole of Catullus, without reserve, and in some way or other, to translate all his indecencies. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z There is a touch of the graciousness of his nature, recalling the cordial feeling of Catullus to all his young comrades, in the passing notice of those who had shared his studies:— Iam valete, formosi. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Neither has he invested any particular place with the attraction which Horace has given to his Sabine home, and Catullus to Sirmio. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But, after Thebes, to Uncle Catullus’ despair, there reappeared on the banks of the Nile the towns at which crocodiles, fishes and falcons were worshipped. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Few passages in Latin poetry have been more frequently imitated, and none more deservedly, than the above-quoted verses of Catullus, who certainly excels almost all other writers, in the beauty and propriety of his similes. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Indeed, the thoughts and language of Catullus throw more difficulties in the way of a translator, than those of almost any other classic author. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The sincerity and unstudied grace of Catullus are immediately recognised by all who read his works. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil But Catullus is too genuine and sincere a man, too natural in his enjoyments, and too healthy in all his moods, to be taken as an example of this distempered type of genius. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “Nor will I,” said Uncle Catullus, moaning and weeping. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Catullus, leaving Ariadne in the attitude above described, recapitulates the incidents, by which she had been placed in this agonizing situation. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z There, too, was the informer whose whisper stabbed like a stiletto, the lustful, blind Catullus, and the arch flatterer Veiento, who had revelled at the Gargantuan feasts of Nero from noon till midnight. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Had Calvus and Catullus survived the extinction of liberty, it would have been impossible for them to have adopted the tone of the poets of the following age. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil There is thus much more uncertainty, and much greater latitude for conjecture, as to the actual words of Catullus, than in the case of almost any other Roman poet. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “I don’t believe in the gods, Thrasyllus, not even in Bacchus,” said Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z This is the first of the elegies of Catullus, and indeed the earliest of any length or celebrity which had hitherto appeared in the Latin language. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Her abandonment and awakening are celebrated in the beautiful Epithalamium of Catullus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" His own words ‘lepor’ and ‘lepidus’ express the graceful vivacity, artistic and social rather than ethical, which we associate with the thought of Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Four poems—one certainly among the very last written by Catullus—are inspired by this friendship, and all clearly prove that at least this source of happiness was unalloyed by any taint of bitterness. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Anxiously, in the palm-garden, the travelling merchants whispered about the wealthy Roman, who was sick with sorrow, and Uncle Catullus whispered in their company. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Catullus seems to have entertained a sincere affection for his brother, and to have deeply deplored his loss; hence he generally writes well when touching on this tender topic. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Don't they make fools of the very best and wisest of us, play the deuce with Cæsar as with Catullus, and make Achilles soft as Amphimachus? Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Caesar was in the habit of passing the winters of his proconsulate in this part of his province, especially at Verona, where he was the guest of the father of Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The speech of Cicero amply confirms the charges of Catullus as to the multiplicity of her later lovers. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It was after luncheon, which Uncle Catullus had taken alone with Thrasyllus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Vulpius had said, in a commentary on Catullus, that his brother died while accompanying him in his expedition with Memmius to Bithynia. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus thus intimates that what Arrius thinks an accomplishment really stamps him as of low birth. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes Perhaps, also, the Quintilius whose death Horace laments in the twenty-fourth Ode of Book I. may be the Varus of the tenth poem of Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Catullus had retired to Verona on hearing of the death of his brother, and he was for a time so overwhelmed with grief as to become indifferent both to poetry and love. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Uncle Catullus lay in a hammock and Thrasyllus sat beside him and looked up at the stars, which were beginning to show like silver daisies in wide, blue meadows. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z It is possible, however, that these lines may refer to some subsequent pilgrimage to his tomb, or, what is most probable, his brother may have died at Troy, while Catullus was in Bithynia. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus is at the end of a year of absence in Bithynia on the staff of Memmius the governor, and is about to return to Italy. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes It is scarcely, if at all, apparent in Lucretius and Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Catullus was not interested in the vindication of Caelius, who had proved false to him as a friend, and supplanted him as a rival. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “So she also comes from your father’s farm?” asked Uncle Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z None of the remaining poems of Catullus, though written in elegiac verse, are at all of the description to which we now give the name of elegy. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He was Catullus' intimate friend and is often mentioned with him. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes Valerius Catullus He represents in his life and his genius the fine flower of his age and country. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The intimate associates of Catullus shared the political views and sympathies which the orator had professed at least up to the year 55 b.c. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z And Uncle Catullus, appearing from his cabin, pointed and repeated: “Memphis!” The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Matters were little better in the days of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus is the greatest lyric poet of Roman literature. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes The rush and excitement of those thrilling years is mirrored fully in the life and poetry of Catullus. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Catullus shows in the earlier stage of his poetic career his familiarity both with the 'Muse of Sappho,' and with the more laboured art of Callimachus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z And they are counted among the sacred animals!” cried Uncle Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z As little were the Romans offended by the obscene images and expressions which Catullus so frequently employed. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus, born at Verona in Cisalpine Gaul, came early to Rome, where most of his short life was spent. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes Once only, a century ago, a genius as fierce and flame-like as that of Catullus rose to the height of this argument. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Though, in his nobler poetry, Catullus is ardent and impassioned, he is much more free from this taint than Ovid or Propertius. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “In any case she has disappeared, my dear nephew,” said Uncle Catullus, trying to console him. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The different sorts of poetry which Catullus, though not their inventor, first introduced at Rome, were cultivated and brought to high perfection by his countrymen. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Of this fashion Arrius is an unskilful follower, who, while believing himself to be achieving a fine reputation for good form, makes himself a target for the ridicule of Catullus. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes So far, Burns alone, and Burns only at his rarer heights, can give a modern reader some idea of Catullus. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The 'Diana' of Catullus is not a vague abstraction or conventional figure, as the Gods and Goddesses in the Odes of Horace are apt to be. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “You have sung beautifully, Cora,” said Uncle Catullus to the slave, who was sitting on the ground with the four-stringed harp before her. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z This sort of measure has been adopted by Catullus in thirty-nine poems. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus speaks of the sparrow in language appropriate to a lover. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes Clodia, the "Lady of the Sonnets" in Catullus, whom he calls Lesbia by a transparent fiction, has no ambiguous or veiled personality. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Lucretius and Catullus were regarded by their contemporaries as the greatest poets of the last age of the Republic1. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “And I had just been reckoning on a quiet evening, because I feel that I’ve overloaded my stomach!” moaned Uncle Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z That a real and feathered sparrow was in the view of Catullus, is also evinced by the following ode, in which he laments the death of this favourite of his mistress. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z An ancient ruin here of Constantine's time was long known as Catullus' villa. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes Catullus was master of all the technical skill then known to poetry. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The lines of Catullus seem intended to be dwelt on separately, and each to bring out some point of detail. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Uncle Catullus abandoned himself to long siestas; Thrasyllus studied books, maps and globes. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Julius Cæsar, while yet but the general of the Roman republic, had been accustomed, during his stay in the north of Italy, to lodge at the house of the father of Catullus in Verona. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z To this metre Catullus imparts a peculiar lightness and grace by making the trochee, instead of the spondee as in Horace’s glyconics and pherecrateans, the first foot in the line. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" When Catullus made her acquaintance, she was a married woman some six or seven years older than himself. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII We may see, too, in a totally different sphere of experience, how Catullus instinctively seizes the moment of supreme intensity of emotion, and utters what is vitally characteristic of it. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “Why not call me uncle?” said Catullus, good-naturedly. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Notwithstanding the intimacy which in consequence subsisted between Cæsar and his father, Catullus lampooned the former on more than one occasion. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z But the praenomen Q. is omitted in the best MSS., and in other passages of the same author the poet is spoken of as “Catullus Veronensis.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Among the kindred spirits—says Ovid—who will welcome the new-comer to the Elysian fields,— "Thou, O learned Catullus, thy young brows ivy-encircled, Bringing thy Calvus with thee, wilt to receive him appear." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII This form was due to the invention of the Alexandrians; and Catullus in the selection of his subject and in his manner of treating it takes up the position of an imitator. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Vettius the steward bowed low before his young master, bowed ceremoniously before fat Uncle Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z It appears that on one occasion, when some scurrilous verses by Catullus were shown to him, he supped with Cicero at his villa near Puteoli. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus brought into this circle the genius of a great poet, the social vivacity of a vigorous nature, the simplicity and sincerity of an unambitious, and the warmth of an affectionate disposition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Catullus! what a charming hap is Our meeting in this sort of way! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII From the exquisite skill with which Catullus has treated light and playful themes, he has been sometimes compared to modern poets who have no other claim to recognition than a similar facility. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He showed Thrasyllus the door; and Uncle Catullus kept out of the way. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Though it stands last of the two in the works of Catullus, it was evidently written before the 29th. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z There are three marked divisions in this period, each with a distinct character of its own: the first represented by Lucretius and Catullus, the second by Virgil and Horace, the last by Ovid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Though Catullus is said to have died in his forty-sixth year, B.C. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 His clemency to Catullus met with a return similar to that which it met with at a later time from other recipients of his generosity. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “You know everything, Thrasyllus,” said Uncle Catullus, warmly, “and it is a joy to travel with you.” The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The peninsula on which the villa of Catullus was situated, is not surpassed in beauty or fertility by any spot in Italy. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The educating influence of Greek art on the Roman mind was first fully experienced in the Ciceronian age, and none of his contemporaries was so susceptible of that influence as Catullus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" It had no resemblance to the seducing voluptuousness of Ovid, any more than the elegant indecencies of Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 It is one of the strangest paradoxes to find a poet like Catullus, endowed with the purest sense of beauty, and yet capable of turning all his vigorous force of expression to the vilest uses. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “I don’t think that I shall go on shore,” said Uncle Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Flaminius, in a poem, Ad Agellum suum, has described his attachment to his farm and home, and the first lines of it rival the tender and pleasing invocation of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In this last poem Catullus displays a power of creative pictorial imagination far transcending that displayed in any of the extant poetry of Alexandria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Tahureau was named by the flattery and the classical fancies of his contemporaries the French Catullus, and the parallel is not so rash as might be thought. A Short History of French Literature Mr. Ellis, in his Commentary on Catullus, p. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z On a pile of cushions lay Catullus, Lucius’ penniless uncle, pot-bellied as Silenus and with a bald and shining pate; and on a low chair sat Cora, the Greek slave from Cos. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The invocation to the peninsula of Sirmio was evidently written soon after the return of Catullus from Bithynia; and his next poem worth noticing is a similar address to his villa near Tibur. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z There is then nothing to prove that Catullus lived beyond the month of August 54 b.c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" His Coma Berenices is only known from the celebrated imitation of Catullus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The four longer elegiac pieces which follow add little to our impression of the art of Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “And I nothing but a terrible sleepy feeling!” yawned Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Eustace does not particularly mention the farm or villa of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus must either have been born later than 87 b.c., or have lived to a greater age than thirty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" "And may I drink red wine with Praxiteles, or with Catullus beside his lake?" The Last Generation A Story of the Future If Catullus required to be induced by any one to make an apology, it is more likely that his father's influence moved him to do so than the example and influence of Calvus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “We are even related to them and call them by their names,” Uncle Catullus broke in, airily, with a bow and puffing out his stomach. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z “The villa of Catullus,” he says, “is easily ascertained by his own minute description of the place, by excavated marbles, and by the popular name of Truglia.” History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z It seems, therefore, on the whole, most likely that Jerome’s words “xxx. aetatis anno” are correct, and that Catullus was born in 84 b.c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Dousa was author of several volumes of Latin verse and of philological commentaries on Horace, Plautus, Catullus and other Latin poets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The fame of Catullus, as alone among ancient poets of love rivalling the traditional glory of Sappho, does not rest only on those poems which record the varying vicissitudes of his own experience. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “I don’t drink much water,” said Uncle Catullus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The modern Latin poets, particularly Justus Lipsius, have exercised themselves a great deal in this style of composition; and most of them with evident imitation of the work of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z It is to the effect that he regarded Lucretius and Catullus as the two greatest poets of his own time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The best exponent of the poetry of the age is Catullus, a native of Verona in Cisalpine Gaul, who as a young man was drawn into the vortex of fashionable society at the capital. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. But in general these poems bring before us a new side of the art of Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Uncle Catullus ate his fill and Lucius too did honour to the meal, however much his heart still suffered and craved, while Thrasyllus was moderate as always. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Martial, and Catullus himself elsewhere, have branded their enemies; and Juvenal, in bursts of satiric indignation, has reproached his countrymen with the most shocking crimes. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The poems of Catullus consist of 116 pieces, varying in length from 2 to 408 lines, the great mass of them being, however, short pieces, written in lyric, iambic or elegiac metre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The works of Catullus show the wide range of form and subject which appealed to contemporary taste. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. In this poem Catullus pours forth the fulness of his heart 'In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.' The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He drew a sandal from a little casket, a woman’s blue-leather sandal adorned with gold relief and small, for all that Uncle Catullus was pleased to say. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z This second nuptial hymn of Catullus may be regarded as a continuation of the above poem, being also in honour of the marriage of Manlius and Julia. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z No ancient author has left a more vivid impression of himself on his writings than Catullus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The song is but a variant on that of Catullus. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern The coarseness of Catullus is symptomatic rather of more recklessness than of greater corruption in society. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “A kind word?” cried Catullus, raising himself, with his hands still behind the grey fringe of his cranium. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z In this production, now unexampled in every sense of the word, Catullus is no longer the light agreeable poet, who counted the kisses of his mistress, and called on the Cupids to lament her sparrow. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The work of Catullus has not come down to us intact, as is shown by lacunae and quotations in ancient writers which cannot now be found in his poems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Lord, what would they say Should their Catullus walk that way? The Wild Swans at Coole Besides the poems which show Catullus in various relations of love, affection, animosity, and humorous criticism, there are still a few of the shorter pieces which have a personal interest. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Why should the goddess not watch over him, my Lord Catullus? The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Catullus was a Greek scholar, and all his commentators seem determined that his best poems should be considered as of Greek invention. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Other persons who had the cognomen Catullus belonged to the Valerian gens, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Catullus has given us a veritable example of the Roman wedding song in his epithalamium on the marriage of Manlius and Julia. Roman Women Catullus does not care to present the gem of his own thought in an alien setting, as Horace, in his earlier Odes at least, has often done. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Catullus yawned and puffed out his stomach: “I shall stay and sleep here in my cushions,” he said. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z None of his poetical predecessors was more versed in Greek literature than Catullus; and his extensive knowledge of its beauties procured for him the appellation of Doctus458. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus, in despair, seems to have been content with adapting in his marriage odes well-known songs of Sappho. Greek Women It has been said by one of the best-informed students of Roman literature that the poems of Catullus to Lesbia are unique in Roman letters for the intensity and self-oblivion of the passion they portray. Roman Women Though the poem may have been partly founded on Greek materials, yet Catullus has treated the subject in a thoroughly original manner. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z I see two litters: those are for Uncle Catullus and me. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The image drawn from the sun, and here employed by Catullus, is one of the most natural and frequent. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Mr. Ellis's translations from Catullus are all "in the metres of the original," and are among the most interesting specimens of modern classical versifying. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Many of Catullus's brightest pieces are addressed to Lesbia; but all are touched by the poet's consciousness of her inconstancy. Roman Women It seems quite arbitrary to suppose that a considerable time must have elapsed between the offence and the apology of Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He walked gravely, with Catullus by his side; Thrasyllus followed; the slaves, male and female, followed. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Vestiges of the magnificent house supposed to have belonged to Catullus, are yet shown on this peninsula. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z As Mr. Ellis observes, the metre of Tennyson's Boadicea was modelled on this of Catullus. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History We may well give as little heed as did C�sar himself to the calumnious stigma upon his name which disgraces the pages of the historians and the verse of Catullus. Roman Women In none of them is there any allusion to Lesbia, who was never out of Catullus, thoughts or his verse till after his Bithynian journey. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z In the evening we meet again in the library, and let Catullus be of our company. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 These lines show that the most refined and tender feelings were as familiar to the bosom of Catullus as the grossest. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z With him Sauternes was to Médoc what Catullus was to Homer. Devil Stories An Anthology The master of this school was Catullus; and he immortalized one Lesbia, who was the principal heroine in his love poems. Roman Women Mr. Ellis's commentary largely illustrates the influence exercised by the phraseology of the Greek poets,—especially Homer, Euripides, Apollonius—on the poetical diction of Catullus in this poem. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z This does not make much for Catullus—for a good kiss in real earnest, not your kiss poetical, might bid defiance to every charm but its own. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 We come now to the three celebrated epithalamiums of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In the expression of the triumph and despair of love, not sicklied over with any thought as in most modern poets, only Catullus and Sappho can touch Burns. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Practically nothing is known of his life except that he was the friend of Catullus, whom he accompanied to Bithynia in the suite of the praetor Memmius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Catullus, though the 'truest friend,' was certainly not the 'noblest foe.' The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Aquilius.—The first piece Catullus offers is his dedication—it is to an author to whom I owe a grudge, and perhaps we all of us do. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Catullus now proceeds to describe the ceremonies with which the bride was conveyed to the house of her husband, and was there received. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Catullus seems to allude to this infernal art of exasperating the miseries of incarceration. On the Nature of Thought or, The act of thinking and its connexion with a perspicuous sentence “Now tell us what is Italy?” men ask: And others answer, “Virgil, Cicero, Catullus, Cæsar.” The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV Many of these show Catullus to us on that side of his character, which it is least pleasant or profitable to dwell on. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “Catullus and Horace,” says Landor, “will be read as long as Homer and Virgil, and more often, and by more readers.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 If not perfectly dithyrambic, the numbers of the Atis of Catullus are, however, strongly expressive of distraction and enthusiasm. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z A poet or an artist, seeing her thus, would have been reminded of Ariadne, as Catullus describes her, after Theseus has abandoned her on the island of Naxos. Pepita Ximenez He read in the original those terrifying pages that nobody has ever dared to put into English without paraphrase—the polished infamies of Martial; the exquisite atrocities of Theocritus and Catullus. In a Little Town These lines reveal a genuine and unexpected vein of reverence in the nature of Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z “If,” said the Curate, “Catullus were not nearly banished from our public schools and our universities.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The adornment, however, and propriety of its language, and the usual practice of Catullus in other productions, render it probable, that he has chiefly selected his beauties from the Alexandrian poets. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In a word, what would my Censors do with Catullus, Martial, and all the Poets of Antiquity, who have made no more scruple in this matter than Virgil? An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad Before Horace Latin lyric poetry is represented almost wholly by the brilliant but technically immature poems of Catullus; after him it ceases to exist. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History But on the other hand, Catullus is the least didactic of poets. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He says of Virgil that he is not so “graceful as Catullus.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The simple ideas of Catullus are frequently converted into conceits, and his natural bursts of passion, into quibbles and artificial points. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Again, in some epigrams there is a straightforward neatness and a gentle and dry humor that pleases, as may be seen in some of Catullus' epigrams which we have put in this anthology. An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams Catullus is one of the great poets of the world, not so much through vividness of imagination as through his singleness of nature, his vivid impressibility, and his keen perception. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight It is just possible that the poem might have been so understood in the set to which Catullus belonged, if we were certain that it was written at the time when Cicero defended Vatinius. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It is many years since I read Catullus,—I confess I thought him rather a careless fellow, and that his Lesbia was but a doll to dress out in the tawdry ribbons of his verse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 There were two persons of this name at Rome in the time of Catullus—an uncle and nephew. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Of his elegies we have a few fragments, and also the Latin translation by Catullus of the 'Lock of Berenice.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 The subiect of his poem prevented him from telling his own history as Catullus, Horace, and Ovid have done, and his contemporaries seldom refer to him. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight No doubt Catullus did not seriously think himself 'the worst of living poets,' worse for instance than Volusius. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z I won’t allow the blow to be a true hit on Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Catullus is a great favourite with all the early critics and commentators of the 16th century. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Turn to your Catullus, the 57th Epigram, and read what Cæsar had read to him on this occasion, without showing by his face the slightest feeling. The Life of Cicero Volume II. One line of Catullus makes his time more alive today than the huge mass of the Colosseum can ever make Titus seem. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome What then is the favour for which Catullus writes these ironically complimentary thanks? The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z How many stars, in stillest night, On loving thefts look down approving,— So many kisses should requite Catullus, ah too madly loving.— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 There will always remain doubts as to the facts and dates, e.g., in Horace’s or in Catullus’ life; but any reasoned theory has its interest, and is better for the pupil than no theory. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors But Cælius had become one of Clodia's many lovers, and seems for a time to have been the first favorite, to the detriment of poor Catullus. The Life of Cicero Volume II. But no medieval English scholar can be shown to have read Tacitus, or the lost parts of Livy, or Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, or others of the rarer Latin authors. The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. The most generally accepted view is that Manlius had written to let Catullus know that several fashionable rivals were supplanting him in his absence. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He seemed to give the preference to Catullus over Horace. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Catullus’ metre, on the other hand, was closely modelled on that of the Alexandrian poets. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors He says, for example, of the P�re Fraguier's epigrams, that Catullus seems to have come to life again. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Catullus excuses himself to Manlius for not having sent him the required verses, because he had with him only one box of his books. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Sappho and Catullus, Villon and Marlowe, are as vivid and fresh to-day as are Walter de la Mare or Edgar Lee Masters. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations She could get another lover, and if truth be told, and that by Catullus himself, did; but his poor boat! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 In that poem Catullus blames Varus for leading him on and then leaving him in the lurch. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors It may, while keeping closer, be as good as Catullus on Sappho or as bad as Mr. Gladstone on Toplady in form; but the form, even if copied, is always again other. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Father is gratified, for he thinks that after all I may sober into a Christian scholarship with the old Roman monks, and to this end he will tolerate even Catullus. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Let them thrill us in the old authentic manner by their "free verse" and we will acknowledge them as true descendants of Catullus and Keats, of Villon and Verlaine! Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Catullus knew the wood she came from, and how it grew—it had vitality, and he never can believe it quite gone. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 In the vein of Catullus are 3, 4, and 8, the last being an extremely close parody of Catullus, c. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors This of Catullus is a translation—a free one, it is true—of perhaps a still more beautiful passage in Euripides. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 It will be a new rendering of Catullus’s Da Basia. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Have you not read Catullus, who replies thus to those who wish him ill: A virtuous poet must be chaste. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Gratian.—Don’t talk of golden pippins, or I shall mount my hobby, and go through the genealogy of my whole orchard, and good-bye to Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 It is clear, from the above, that Nepos had mentioned Catullus in the work. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Not simple enough for Catullus; neither is this—a rather affected line— "Laughs every dimple in the cheek of home." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Have you been laughing at me because I scolded you for neglecting your Latin, and because I took a copy of Catullus in my pocket when we made our Sunday excursion into the woods? The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Ticidas, an erotic poet, contemporary with Catullus and, like him, belonging to the Alexandrian school. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Keep to the original, and if you will modernize Catullus, you must merely say, she was so safe a boat that the owner did not think it worth while to insure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 From Catullus we may possibly infer that the Chronica were written before B.C. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Aquilius.—We have seen much of our friend Catullus as a loving poet, let us end by showing him to have been a good hater. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 To read of Catullus and his passion while your heart throbbed against my hand seemed to lend a profounder reality to my own love. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance I have known those who prefer the rhythm of Catullus. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin We were therefore easy enough, and ready to make as free with our Rhadamanthus as with our Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Catullus attacks several contemporary poets; so in c. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors It was now time, Eusebius, to conclude for the night, and, indeed, to put our Catullus upon his shelf again. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Catullus 40 21 17 9 4 8 White, yellow. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 This island of Sirmione which is connected with the mainland by a stretch of sand, contains some old ruins said to have been the villa of Catullus. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta The passage in Catullus being corrupt, there is probably an omission, for, as it is, the transition is very abrupt. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Catullus’ longer poems.—These, unlike the shorter personal poems, are mostly due to Alexandrian influence, to which Catullus may have been introduced by his teacher, Valerius Cato. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors The fact is, he must have rhymed a passage from his last sermon; and it has somehow or other slipped into his Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 The Curate called rather early the following morning, and we thought to have an hour over Catullus, and went to seek our host Gratian. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 There is also a beautifully built town hall in the Byzantine style, with statues of some of the most eminent Veronese—Maffei, Catullus, etc. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Curate.—And in the structure of his sentences, and says, “How simple in comparison are Catullus and Lucretius.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Catullus began to be popular as soon as his works were published; cf. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Catullus was an affectionate man, more especially affectionate brother; on other occasions, if I remember rightly, he deplores this brother's loss. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 We saw little of him, and when he did appear, "his talk was of bullocks;" so how could he "have understanding," at least for Catullus? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 It is to Mr. Landor, the author of Gebir, so qualified, and of some Latin poems, which vie with Martial or Catullus in obscenity, that the immaculate Mr. Southey addresses his declamation against impurity! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Our friend could not consent that Catullus should walk with, and even, as it should seem, take the lead of his favourite Horace. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Nepos was on intimate terms with Catullus, whom, as coming from Verona, he may have known in early life. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Now is it not possible Catullus may have thought of this, and as it were translated it by quidquid est cachinnorum? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 A wise fool is the only Asinine.—Now for Catullus's folly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Richard Carew at the same time classed him with Marlowe as deserving the praises of an English Catullus. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Gratian.—That is not very complimentary to the constancy of Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Catullus’ love for Lesbia is the outstanding fact of his life. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors The Bishop, a ripe scholar, spoke much and critically of Catullus, and laid most stress upon the extreme suavity of his measures, especially in the "Acmen Septimius." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Farewell, Fair!—Catullus hardens; Where he is, will he remain; He is not a man who pardons One that must be asked again. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The best exposition of this is in H. A. J. Munro's Elucidations of Catullus, p. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Life and love, Catullus means to say, are commensurate; but “pleasure” is a wilful and wanton intrusion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 After Catullus returned to Rome, he found that he had lost Lesbia’s affections. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Gratian.—Come back to your duty: we are wandering, and leaving Catullus behind. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 She'll be sad in turn, the charmer, When the shades of eventide Bring no gallants to alarm her, No Catullus to her side. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Also, in a translation from Catullus: 'Some criminal is being tried for murder.' The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. This and more was said, with a few sleepy interruptions; he soon awoke, and said with an amusing indifference,—“Well, any more news of Catullus?” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 By how many coarse and stupid fingers has Catullus been smudged and fumbled and mauled! Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation Horace always speaks of his with delight; so does Catullus, as we have seen, of his Sirmio. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 He has indeed, as he professed, brought his puppet Catullus upon the stage, and, like Shakspeare's bad actor, has put more words in his mouth than the author bargained for. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 There is an almost epigrammatic neatness about some of the examples that he cites from Ovid and Catullus. Milton The scream of Pulcinello is imitated more easily than the masterly strokes of Plautus, or the sly insinuations of Catullus and of Flaccus. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Catullus, in his pleasing poem of Acmè and Septimus, makes this action from the deity of Love, from the left, the source of his fiction. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Tullius, of all the sons of royal Rome That are, or have been, or are yet to come, Most skilled to plead, most learned in debate,— Catullus hails thee, small as thou art great. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Besides Catullus evidently doubts, or he would not have so enforced the caution; "At tu, Catulle"—the translation may be a little free, but still admissible. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Of the Roman historians, orators, and moralists, such as Livy, Tacitus, Caesar, Cicero, and Seneca, there was an almost entire ignorance, as also of poets like Horace, Lucretius, Juvenal, and Catullus. Brief History of English and American Literature In verses in imitation of Catullus he sang of the marble Cupid which the duchess had set up in her salon, saying that the god of Love had been turned into stone by her glance. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day The frontispiece to this volume is reproduced from the statue which stands over the Palazzo di Consiglio, the Council House at Verona, which is the only representation of Catullus extant. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Also, Munro’s Catullus, which has much interested me, bad Scholar as I am: though not touching on some of his best Poems. Two Suffolk Friends Aquilius.—My friend the Curate has committed the fault himself, if it be one: his "O Catullus, keep to this!" so evidently means, If you do not, it is all over with you. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 But in him too Malice was not stronger than Love, any more than in Catullus; not only of the Lesbia-Brawne, but of the p. 239Fraternal, kind. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II The Volospá is as far removed from the courtly odes and their manner and ingenuity as the Marriage Hymn of Catullus from the Coma Berenices. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature Provided, I say, thou dost bear hither these, our charming one, thou wilt feast well: for thy Catullus' purse is brimful of cobwebs. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Ovid, Juvenal, Persius, Catullus, and Seneca, are largely drawn from, while, strangely enough, Cicero, Boethius, and Virgil are quoted but seldom, the latter, indeed, only twice, though his commentators, especially Servetus, are frequently employed. The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Curate.—And brought little out of it; but returned poorer than they went—as did, it should seem, Catullus himself from Bithynia. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 If Catullus, however, were only Fescennining, his ‘Malice’ was not against Cæsar, but against the Nemesis that might else be revenged on him—eh? Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II The same sensuality pervaded the masses as reigned in the courts, and was stimulated by the erotic poems of Ovid, Catullus, and other poets of the time. Plain Facts for Old and Young Great gods, what a horrible and accurst book which, forsooth, thou hast sent to thy Catullus that he might die of boredom the livelong day in the Saturnalia, choicest of days! The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Between Lucilius and the poets of the Augustan age lived Lucretius and Catullus, two of the greatest—perhaps the greatest—of all the Roman poets. A Smaller History of Rome Away they went, and I put up my remaining translations from Catullus, took down a book, read awhile, and then meditated this letter to you. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Just as I shut up Catullus, I opened Keats’ Love Letters just published; and really felt no shock of change between the one Poet and the other. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II A little masterpiece in a very difficult style: Catullus himself could hardly have bettered it. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language To the north are some ruins supposed to be the old Villa of Catullus, but they seem too extensive to serve for the purpose.—R. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Catullus adorned all he touched, and his shorter poems are characterized by original invention and felicity of expression. A Smaller History of Rome Setting aside this lack of coffer, Which you can supply, Fabullus, Accept good welcome—and I offer, For company, your friend Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Catullus I have never taken much to: though some of him too is as fine as anything else in its way, I think. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II When twelve years of age he had read Vergil, Sallust, Tacitus, Ovid, Juvenal and Catullus. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Yet this handsome one may sell Catullus and his tribe if from three men of note he can gain kisses of salute. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus An ambitious writer of the Elizabethan age must do his best to live up to Homer and Plato, to Virgil and Catullus, just as he must live up to Petrarch. Platform Monologues You are far more anxious, my dear Eusebius, to know somewhat of the progress or the result of the Curate's misfortune, than to read his or my translations from Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 When Julius Cæsar was lampooned by Catullus he invited him to supper, and treated him with such a generous civility that he made the poet his friend ever after. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 This is the only instance where Catullus has introduced a spondee into the second foot of the phalaecian, which then becomes decasyllabic. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Sloth, O Catullus, to thee is hurtful: in sloth beyond measure dost thou exult and pass thy life. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Baudelaire would not have been tolerated in the Hampstead Garden Suburb; Catullus would not have been received in Sparta. The Loom of Youth Gratian.—Perhaps you have translated that sweep's language better than your passages from Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 His little work, like that of Catullus, like that of Gray, is up, high, completed and permanent. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance Cornificius, ill is your Catullus, Ill, ah heaven, a weary weight of anguish, More more weary with every day, with each hour. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Kiss me and I will give you Catullus's sparrow, by which he does not mean a poem. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus This far-distant antiquity did not have its Martial, its Catullus, or its Petronius. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Catullus is himself again— Will neither love, want, nor require, But gives you up as you desire. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 We have imitations and translations by Catullus and by Horace; but even Catullus has conspicuously failed to reproduce her. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 In the rhythm of this poem, I have been obliged to deviate in two points from Catullus. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus It appears that Catullus had given a sum of money to the pander Silo to procure him a mistress. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus In its moan Catullus seemed to find his own words: "He is dead, he is dead." Roads from Rome Catullus does not hint at the possibility of being conquered, of giving in. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Our drive along the promontory of Sirmione, to visit the ruins of the Villa of Catullus, was delightful. The Diary of an Ennuyée Promise only; betimes we dine, my gentle Friend, most merrily; but, for your Catullus— Know he boasts but a pouch of empty cobwebs. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Unhappy Catullus, cease thy trifling and what thou seest lost know to be lost. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus As soon as the letter from Valerius's comrade reached him, Catullus had started for Verona. Roads from Rome Thus, Eusebius, is Catullus's Lesbia, who herself stood for another, converted into a Portuguese lady, whom the Curate visits some five miles off—or, as the three ladies say, protects. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Lucretius writes only to expound the philosophy of Epicurus; Catullus imitates the poets of Alexander; Vergil, Theocritus and Homer; Horace translates the odes of the Greek lyrics. History Of Ancient Civilization In the series of dactylic lines 17-22, Catullus no doubt intended to convey the idea of rapidity, as, in the spondaic line immediately following, of labour. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Farewell, girl, now Catullus steels himself, seeks thee not, nor entreats thy acquiescence. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus His father's inner life had always been inaccessible to Catullus and now in a common need it seemed more than ever impossible to penetrate beyond the outposts of his noble stoicism. Roads from Rome He had worked off the lessened excitement by an evening's nap, and awoke recruited; and, with a pleasant smile, asked the Curate if he had had recently any communication with his friend Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The exquisite bit from Catullus will best excuse my otherwise egotistical quotation. My Life as an Author You write 'Let not Verona, Catullus, Stay thee, if here each proud quality, Rome's eminence, Freely the light limbs warms thou leavest coldly to languish,' 30 Infamy lies not there, Mallius, only regret. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus And she, like a pathic girl, "I pray thee," says she, "lend me, my Catullus, those bearers for a short time, for I wish to be borne to the shrine of Serapis." The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Pretty Aufilena had broken a promise and Catullus had vehemently maintained that she was less honest than a loose woman who kept her part of a bargain. Roads from Rome Gratian.—Ah! it is an old story—and not the worse for that—come, Mr Curate, show up Catullus in his true motley. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Oh! may Catullus thus declare An overflowing heart; And, though the worst of poets, dare A grateful lay impart! A Handbook for Latin Clubs Catullus is resolv'd, endures, He will not ask for pity, will not importune. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus The Phrygian meadows are left behind, O Catullus, and the teeming fields of sun-scorched Nicaea: to the glorious Asian cities let us haste. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Catullus felt the weight of his twenty-six years when he realised that ever since he and Valerius had ceased to be boys they had lived apart, save for the occasional weeks of a soldier's furloughs. Roads from Rome Sad Catullus, cease your moan, Or your folly you'll deplore; What you see no more your own, Think of as your own no more. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The inventories of Spanish libraries in the Middle Age rarely contain the name of Horace, or the names of his lyric brethren, Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius. Horace and His Influence Sent so faithfully, friend, to thy Catullus, Just to kill him upon a day, the festive, 15 Saturnalia, best of all the season. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus But we have not, as far as I know, any version of Catullus which can transport the English reader from the teachings of our century to that preceding the Christian Era. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Catullus grew more untamed in the pursuit of an untrammelled individual life, subversive of accepted standards, rich in emotional incident and sensuous perception. Roads from Rome It seems Calvus Licinius had sent Catullus a collection of miserable poems, and that, too, on commencement of the Saturnalia, dedicated to joy, and freedom from care and annoyance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 He 058 is not a Catullus, tormented by the furies of youthful passion. Horace and His Influence Leave we Phrygia, leave the plains, Catullus, 5 Leave Nicaea, the sultry soil of harvest: On for Asia, for the starry cities. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Pliny quotes this poem of Catullus to excuse the wantonness of his own verses, which he is sending to his friend Paternus; and Apuleius cites the passage in his Apology for the same purpose. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Catullus began to feel very much frightened, and then all at once his mother jumped up and called out excitedly, "Oh, see, a Nereid, a Nereid!" Roads from Rome Curate.—You are coming it pretty strong, and quite blowing up Catullus with your hurricane of winds. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 His library was probably not a large one, for he had but a few favourite authors, the Latin historians, moralists, and anecdotists, and for mere amusement Terence and Catullus, Boccaccio and Rabelais. Lost Leaders Enough, Catullus! how can you delay to die? The Poems and Fragments of Catullus "One who is a Catullus in verse, is rarely a Cato in morals." The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Valerius had been asked by his father's overseer to make inquiries about a yoke of oxen, and Catullus went off to look at the bee-hives in their sheltered corner near a wild olive tree. Roads from Rome Gratian.—Come, come! let him rest; our business is with Catullus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The crime, for which it suffered, was that which is objected against the satires of Juvenal, and the epigrams of Catullus, that it expressed too much of the vice which it decried. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Why not? if Lesbia loves him Far above all your tribe, angry Catullus, or you. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus This hunting for invitations does not, according to modern notions, place the two friends of Catullus in a respectable light; but it was a common and avowed practice at Rome. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Valerius's sympathetic gravity always charmed children and Catullus was not surprised to see this boy's brown eyes lifted in eager confidence to the older face. Roads from Rome You wished to go to India--well, Zephyr's jocund breezes, as Catullus hath it, will waft you thither: we are flying to the bright cities of the East. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Those were the two greyhounds he had after Lesbia and Catullus died. The Judge Only let all your tribe sell off, and follow, Catullus, Kiss but his handsome lips children, a plenary three. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Yet may that beauty-man sell all his clan with Catullus, An of three noted names greeting salute he can gain. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus "Virgil," the boy answered shyly, colouring and drawing back as he saw Catullus. Roads from Rome Catullus the poet, Cælius the brilliant young politician, and many another had figured as lovers of this soulless and enchanting woman. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. In the chapter on Prosody, I have designedly omitted all special treatment of the lyric metres of Horace and Catullus, as well as of the measures of the comic poets. New Latin Grammar Quoth the lady, belike a lady wanton, 25 'Just for courtesy, lend me, dear Catullus, Those same nobodies. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Still although she is not content with Catullus alone, we will suffer the rare frailties of our coy lady, lest we may be too greatly unbearable, after the manner of fools. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus The gathering dusk, the day's pure happiness, the sense of impending separation opened Catullus's heart. Roads from Rome Gabinius was not the kind of a man either to analyze his motives, or express himself in the sobbing lyrics of a Catullus. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. If you call your wife 'a chuck,' so did Othello; and, whatever dainty diminutive you may hit on, Catullus, with his warbling Latin, 'makes mouths at our speech.' Prose Fancies Ah poor Catullus, learn to play the fool no more. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus |
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