No. 11 (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Aurelius & Furius, true comrades,whether Catullus penetrates to where inoutermost India booms the eastern ocean'swonderful thunder;whether he stops with Arabs ...
Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems (28 Poems)
No. 51 (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
To me that man seems like a god in heaven,seems--may I say it?--greater than all gods are,who sits by you ...
No. 51 (To Lesbia) (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Him rival to the gods I place,Him loftier yet, if loftier be,Who, Lesbia, sits before thy face,Who listens and who ...
Sirmio (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Sirmio, you jewel of all peninsulasand all the islands of the crystal lakesand the great oceans Neptune circles,how delightedly, how ...
Lesbia’s Sparrow (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
All you Loves and Cupids cryand all you men of feelingmy girl's sparrow is dead,my girl's beloved sparrow.She loved him ...
Sparrow, the Special Delight of My Girl (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Sparrow, the special delight of my girl,whom often she teases and holds on her lapand pokes with the tip of ...
No. 101 (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Driven across many nations, across many oceans,I am here, my brother, for this final parting,to offer at last those gifts ...
Let’s Live and Love: to Lesbia (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Let us live, my Lesbia, let us love,and all the words of the old, and so moral,may they be worth ...
Ave atque Vale (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Through many countries and over many seasI have come, Brother, to these melancholy rites,to show this final honour to the ...
No. 101 (On His Brother’s Death) (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
By ways remote and distant waters sped,Brother, to thy sad grave-side am I come,That I may give the last gifts ...
Ionic (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
That we've broken their statues,that we've driven them out of their temples,doesn't mean at all that the gods are dead.O ...
Home Truths for Varus’s girl: to Varus (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Varus drags me into his affairsout of the Forum, where I'm seen idling:to a little whore I immediately saw,not very ...
His Boat (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
This boat you see, friends, will tell youthat she was the fastest of craft,not to be challenged for speedby any ...
What a Book! : to Calvus the Poet (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
If I didn't love you more than my eyes,most delightful Calvus, I'd dislike youfor this gift, with a true Vatinian ...
Carmen XLVI (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Now spring is bringing back the warmer days,Now the rage of the equinoctial skyFalls silent in Zephyr's pleasant breezes.Catullus, leave ...
A Warning: to Aurelius (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
I commend myself and my love to you,Aurelius. I ask for modest indulgence,so, if you've ever had a desire in ...
Advice: to himself (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Sad Catullus, stop playing the fool,and let what you know leads you to ruin, end.Once, bright days shone for you,when ...
Words against Lesbia: to Furius and Aurelius (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Furius and Aurelius, you friends of Catullus,whether he penetrates farthest India,where the Eastern waves strike the shorewith deep resonance,or among ...
Carmen XI (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Furi et Aureli, comites Catulli,sive in extremos penetrabit Indos,litus ut longe resonante Eoatunditur unda,sive in Hyrcanos Arabasve molles,seu Sacas sagittiferosve ...
The Death Of Lesbia’s Sparrow (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Mourn, O you Loves and Cupidsand such of you as love beauty:my girl's sparrow is dead,sparrow, the girl's delight,whom she ...
Stop Stealing the Napkins! : to Asinius Marrucinus (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Asinius Marrucinus, you don't employyour left hand too well: in wine and jestyou take neglected table-linen.Do you think that's witty? ...
Invitation: to Fabullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
You'll dine well, in a few days, with me,if the gods are kind to you, my dear Fabullus,and if you ...
How Many Kisses: to Lesbia (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Lesbia, you ask how many kisses of yourswould be enough and more to satisfy me.As many as the grains of ...
The Dedication: to Cornelius (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
To whom do I send this fresh little bookof wit, just polished off with dry pumice?To you, Cornelius: since you ...
Back from Spain: to Veranius (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Veranius, first to me of allmy three hundred thousand friends,have you come home to your own houseyour harmonious brothers, and ...
Tears for Lesbia’s Sparrow (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Sparrow, my sweet girl's delight,whom she plays with, holds to her breast,whom, greedy, she gives her little finger to,often provoking ...
Carmen LVIII (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa,illa Lesbia, quam Catullus unamplus quam se atque suos amavit omnes,nunc in quadriviis et angiportisglubit magnanimos ...
Atalanta (Gaius Valerius Catullus Poems)
It's as pleasing to me as, they say,that golden apple was to the swift girl,that loosed her belt, too long ...