Product Description
This offering of 17 selections, mostly, but not all, Lesbia poems, is designed to make Catullus available to students "at the earliest feasible stage." To this end Professor Kaiser provides a generous reference to older English poetry written under Catullus' influence, and a variety of quotations, including a dozen or so poetic selections, intended to document the literary merit and influence of Catullus.
-- Hilton Turner Westminster CollegeSeventeen works from Rome's greatest lyric poet are included in this distinctive and highly readable book. Along with extensive running vocabulary facing the Latin text, the book features selections from famous English poems inspired by Catullus and comments from noted scholars on the genius of the poet.
The book does a splendid job of making Catullus accessible to students. Includes <cite>Carmina</cite> 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 31, 45, 51, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 85, 86, and 101.