The Students Catullus (Oklahoma Series In Classical Culture)

About this book

Although his audacious erotic and satirical verses survived the Middle Ages in only a single copy Catullus has in our time become a standard author in the college Latin curriculum ranking with Virgil Horace and Ovid. 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 poets 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 order sound effects and meter. Additional aids to the reader are a Whos Who of the most important people in Catullus poems an introduction to Catullan meters a glossary of literary terms used in the commentary a complete Latin-English Catullan vocabulary and six maps. Rather than promoting specific literary judgments or theories The Students Catullus provides readers of this important Latin poet with the information necessary to read the poets own language intelligently and to make fresh appraisals of their own.