Select Poems of Catullus: With Introductions, Notes, and Appendices (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Francis P. Simpson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331201489 ISBN 13: 9781331201489

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from Select Poems of Catullus: With Introductions, Notes, and Appendices

Everlasting gratitude is due to the notary of Verona who rescued from the dust the sole manuscript, so long lost, of his compatriot Catullus for, possessing this,1 we possess a diary vividly picturing the life of Rome, just before it was overcast with the grey monotone of Imperialism, in the colours which it wore to the feel ings of a young Republican, man of the world, and poet. Catullus had many friends who lived and wrote like himself; but their works met the fate of the authors, and perished before their time. It is most fortunate for us, therefore, that one has escaped, by a hair's-breadth, the general mortality; and it is most fortunate that the survivor is Catullus. For he was especially fitted to represent to us the daily world he lived in, both because his sensibility was singularly pure - embalming its experience in crystal, without stain, shadow, or distortion - and because he belonged.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Select Poems of Catullus: With Introductions, Notes, and Appendices 'Venias edera juvenalia cinctusTempora cum Calvo, docte Catulle, tuo.' Everlasting gratitude is due to the notary of Verona who rescued from the dust the sole manuscript, so long lost, of his compatriot Catullus; for, possessing this, we possess a diary vividly picturing the life of Rome, just before it was overcast with the grey monotone of Imperialism, in the colours which it wore to the feelings of a young Republican, man of the world, and poet. Catullus had many friends who lived and wrote like himself; but their works met the fate of the authors, and perished before their time. It is most fortunate for us, therefore, that one has escaped, by a hairs-breadth, the general mortality; and it is most fortunate that the survivor is Catullus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About the Author

Peter Green is Dougherty Centennial Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin and Adjunct Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. He is the author of many books, including "Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography "(California, 1991) and "Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age "(California, 1990). His translations include Ovid's "The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters "(California, 2005), Juvenal's "The Sixteen Satires "(third edition, 1998), and Apollonios Rhodios's "The Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece " (California, 1997).

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331201489
• ISBN 13: 9781331201489
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 317