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Catullus

Also known as Gaius Valerius Catullus, Caius Valerius Catullus

Gaius Valerius Catullus (; ), known as Catullus ( ), was a Latin neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic. His surviving works remain widely read due to their popularity as teaching tools and because of their personal or sexual themes.

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Catullus was a Roman poet from the late Republic whose surviving poems are still widely read today, partly because they're used in schools and partly because they deal with personal and sexual subjects. His work is considered important enough that readers continue to study and enjoy his poems more than two thousand years after he wrote them.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 87 B.C.
Died: 54 B.C.
Works: 571

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Catvllvs, Tibvllvs, Propertivs, Cor. Galli Fragmenta ...
K. Pleitner, des Q. Valerius Catullus Epigramme an und Über C. Jul. Caesar U. Mamurra
Poems and Fragments of Catullus
Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, cum C. Galli fragmentis quae extant
Catullus

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Italy
Active from: -84
Active to: -54

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Listeners: 123
Total plays: 1,277

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Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. 84 BC – ca. 54 BC) was a Roman poet of the 1st century BC. His surviving works are still read widely, and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art. Catullus invented the "angry love poem." Statue of the poet at Sirmione Catullus came from a leading equestrian family of Verona, and according to St. Jerome he was born in the town. The family was prominent enough for his father to entertain Caesar, then governor of Gaul. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Catullus">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

48
· 2008 · cited 3x
58
· 1981 · cited 2x
Poems
· 2008 · cited 2x
38
· 2008 · cited 1x
51
· 2008 · cited 1x

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Quotes

“Cui dono lepidum novum libellumArido modo pumice expolitum?”
“Lugete, O Veneres Cupidinesque,Et quantum est hominum venustiorum.Passer mortuus est meae puellae,Passer, deliciae meae puellae.”
“Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosumilluc, unde negant redire quemquam.”
“Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemusrumoresque senum severiorumomnes unius aestimemus assissoles occidere et redire possunt:nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux,nox est perpetua una dormienda.”
“Da mi basia mille, deinde centum,dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.”
“Quaeris, quot mihi basiationestuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque?”

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Key facts

Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.name: Catullus
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.image: Catull Sirmione.jpg
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.caption: 20th-century bust of Catulluson the Piazza Carducci in Sirmione
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.birth_name: Gaius Valerius Catullus
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.birth_place: Verona, Italy, Roman Republic
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.death_date: (age 29–30)
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.death_place: Rome
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.occupation: Poet
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.language: Latin
Writer <! For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. >.genre: Lyric poetry

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Wikidata facts

Place of birth: Verona
Image: Catull Sirmione.jpg

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Commons category: Catullus
date of birth: 0084-00-00
date of death: 0054-00-00
Commons Creator page: Gaius Valerius Catullus
Commons gallery: Catullus
name in native language: Gaius Valerius Catullus
IPA transcription: ˈɡaːiʊs waˈɫɛriʊs kaˈtʊːlʊs
P8168: Gunn–Peterson trough
P13311: Impressionism
significant place: Verona

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Catullus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Contents

Life
Poetry
Sources and organization
Intellectual influences
Style
Musical settings
Cultural depictions
See also
References
Further reading
External links

==Life== Gāius Valerius Catullus was born to a leading equestrian family of Verona, in Cisalpine Gaul. The social prominence of his family allowed his father to entertain Julius Caesar when he was the Promagistrate (proconsul) of both Gallic provinces. In poem 31, Catullus describes his happy homecoming to the family villa at Sirmio, on Lake Garda, near Verona; he also owned a villa near the resort of Tibur (modern Tivoli).