Author: Gaius Valerius Catullu
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: catullus
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2009-02-11
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1103381601
ISBN-13: 9781103381609

Catullus (Gaius Valerius, 84-54 BCE), of Verona, went early to Rome, where he associated not only with other literary men from Cisalpine Gaul but also with Cicero and Hortensius. His surviving poems consist of nearly sixty short lyrics, eight longer poems in various metres, and almost fifty epigrams. All exemplify a strict technique of studied composition inherited from early Greek lyric and the poets of Alexandria. In his work we can trace his unhappy love for a woman he calls Lesbia; the death of his brother; his visits to Bithynia; and his emotional friendships and enmities at Rome. For con

Authors:Gaius Valerius Catullus, D.F.S. Thomson,
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Keywords: volume, supplementary, phoenix, catullus
Number of Pages: 578
Published: 2003-05-10
List price: $56.00
ISBN-10: 080208592X
ISBN-13: 9780802085924

This work contains a major revision of Douglas Thomson’s Catullus: A Critical Edition (1978), with the addition of a full commentary and a wholly new introduction. For the introduction and for each of the poems there is an extensive and current bibliography.In the introduction, apart from sections on the life of Catullus, on the arrangement of the poems, and on their literary background, there is a lengthy discussion of the history of the text, as well as a review of the progress of Catullan studies from the editio princeps to the present day.There are about seventy changes from the prev

Authors:Ronnie Ancona, Gaius Valerius Catullus,
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Keywords: reader, catullus, passion, writing
Number of Pages: 261
Published: 2004-05-01
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 0865164827
ISBN-13: 9780865164826

Student Edition The passion and immediacy of Catullus’ lyrics can for readers obscure the complexity of his poems, moods and subjects. Informed by the latest in Catullan scholarship, Ronnie Ancona gives Catullus’ poems their due. Writing Passion: A Catullus Reader presents the forty-two poems that are required reading for the 2005 AP Latin Literature Exam. The format includes line-by-line notes and vocabulary and a variety of enhancements, making it easily accessible to both teachers and students. A separate teacher’s guide is also available. Special Features... Ancona’

Authors:Gaius Valerius Catullus, John Lambert,
Publisher: Scripsi
Keywords: catullus, poems
Number of Pages: 217
Published: 2007-11-20
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 095528841X
ISBN-13: 9780955288418

Authors:Daniel H. Garrison, Gaius Valerius Catullus,
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Keywords: classical, culture, series, oklahoma, catullus, student
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2004-11-15
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0806136359
ISBN-13: 9780806136356

In this third edition, thoroughly revised, Daniel H. Garrison makes these famous poems more accessible than ever to students of Latin. A standard college textbook as well as a comprehensive reference, the book includes a brief introduction about the poet’s life and the character of his poems, a fresh recension of all 113 poems, and a commentary in English on each poem, explaining difficult points of Latin, features of Catullus’ artistry, and background information. The notes to each poem also illuminate the meaning of Catullus’ language, with explanations of word choice, word

Author: Valerius Geist
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Keywords: ecology, behaviour, evolution, world, deer
Number of Pages: 421
Published: 1998-09
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0811704963
ISBN-13: 9780811704960

Detailed, concise information on the deer family’s evolution, food habits, reproduction, anti-predator behavior, social behavior, dominance displays, and ecology makes DEER OF THE WORLD the most complete, up-to-date reference available on these intriguing animals. Each species’ development is traced from prehistory to the present. 200 drawings.

Author: Valerius Maximus
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Keywords: ancient, rome, tales, thousand, deeds, sayings, memorable
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2004-03
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0872206742
ISBN-13: 9780872206748

Popular in its day both as a sourcebook for writers and orators and as a guidebook for living a moral life, this remarkably rich document serves as an engaging introduction to the cultural and moral history of ancient Rome. Valerius’ "thousand tales" are arranged thematically in ninety-one chapters that cover nearly every aspect of life in the ancient world, including such wide-ranging topics as military discipline, child rearing, and women lawyers. As a whole, the work gives the reader fascinating insights into what it felt like to be an ancient Roman, what the ancient Romans really believe