{"product_id":"catullus-the-poems-9781853994975","title":"Catullus: The Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatullus  who lived from about 84 to 54 Bc  was one of ancient Romes most gifted  versatile and passionate poets. Living at a time of radical social change at the end of the Roman Republic  he belonged to a group of young poets who embraced Hellenistic forms to forge a new literary style  the so-called neoterics.  This comprehensive edition includes the complete  unabridged and unbowdlerised poems and is the definitive student edition of Catullus work. The extensive introduction covers topics including the role of Catullus literary paramour Lesbia  the few biographical certainties known about Catullus life and other figures from the contemporary political scene. In addition to this  there is a brief overview of the poems textual history  discussion of Catullus style across the collection and linguistic discussions of morphology  vocabulary  syntax and metre.  The commentary notes include individual introductions and bibliographies to each poem  as well as line by line notes which translate difficult phrases and gloss obscure words. In addition to this  more detailed explanations of poetic  structural and contextual points are also provided.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495906336821,"sku":"ByrdShop_1853994979","price":55.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781853994975.jpg?v=1780903122","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/catullus-the-poems-9781853994975","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}