Catullus’ full name
Gaius Valerius Catullus
Birth place
Verona, Italy
Date of Birth-Death
84 B.C- 54 B.C
Death place
Sirmio on Lake Garda
Type of family Catullus was born to
Equestrian family
Lived most of his life in this city
Rome
Group of poets he was part of
Novi Poetae
City neoterics were centered in
Alexandria
Brevis
Short poems (not long epics)
Elegans
Elegant poetry
Venustus
Flowing, rhythmic poetry
Facetiae
Joking, light-hearted poetry
Eruditus
Scholarly, intelligent poetry
Personae
Multiple personalities/people in poetry
Number of poems he wrote
116
Themes of his poetry
Hymns, Mini-epics, Friends, Eroticism & Love, Invectives, Condolences
Lesbia’s real name
Clodia Metella
How many poems are about Lesbia?
26
How much older was Lesbia than Catullus?
10 Years
Catullus refers to their love as what?
A sparrow
Why is she called “Lesbia”
Modeled after Greek poet, Sappho, who ran a school for girl on the island of Lesbos
Year his brother dies
59 BC
