{"product_id":"the-poems-of-catullus-paperback-1","title":"The Poems of Catullus - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobinson Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eCatullus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatullus, who lived during some of the most interesting and tumultuous years of the late Roman Republic, spent his short but intense life (?84-54 B.C.E.) in high Roman society, rubbing shoulders with various cultural and political luminaries, including Caesar, Cicero, and Pompey. Catullus's poetry is by turns ribald, lyric, romantic, satirical; sometimes obscene and always intelligent, it offers us vivid pictures of the poet's friends, enemies, and lovers. The verses to his friends are bitchy, funny, and affectionate; those to his enemies are often wonderfully nasty. Many poems brilliantly evoke his passionate affair with Lesbia, often identified as Clodia Metelli, a femme fatale ten years his senior and the smart, adulterous wife of an arrogant aristocrat. Cicero later claimed she poisoned her husband. (Text refers to a previous edition).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118412042375,"sku":"9781456303709","price":8.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7adbffb3b2ea4917cc96b1683c3dbee9.webp?v=1732533128","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-poems-of-catullus-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}