Love Poems of Catullus [Paperback]

Catullus was undoubtedly one of the most intimate, witty, vivid, and tender poets of antiquity. Perhaps his greatest gift was his ability to truthfully reveal the fleeting instants of his bare psyche: moments of erotic passion, of scorn and jealousy, of heartfelt devotion, of consuming love. The cycle of poems to his love, Lesbia, have entranced poets and translators across the centuries, enriching many different traditions in English-language poetry.Among the most cherished love poems everwritten, Catulluss brilliant, everlasting versesare collected here in a marvelous mix of Englishtranslations.? Catullus wrote the loveliest of lovely thingsand also the loathesomest. Catullus could rub words so hard / together their friction burned a / heat that warms / us now 2000 years away. This lively compilation highlights one of antiquitys most tender, witty, and enduring voices.