Catullus

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Verona, Italy

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Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. 84 BC – ca. 54 BC) was a Roman poet of the 1st century BC. His surviving works are still read widely, and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art. Catullus invented the "angry love poem."

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Average rating: 4.11 · 1495 ratings · 87 reviews · 95 distinct works

	The Complete Poems by Catullus, Guy Lee (Editor) 411 avg rating — 1358 ratings — published 1956 — 97 editions	My rating:
	Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigilium Veneris 421 avg rating — 38 ratings	My rating:
	Catullo poesie by Catullus, Francesco Della Corte (Editor) 445 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Catullus by Catullus, Catullus, Phyllis Young Forsyth 462 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	I Canti 438 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1982	My rating:
	Le poesie by Catullus, Mario Ramous (translator), Luca Canali (contributor) 371 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Odi Et Amo: The Complete Poetry of Catussus by Catullus, Roy Swanson (Translator) 400 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1959	My rating:
	The Poems of Catullus by Catullus, Catullus 367 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Little Book of Latin Love Poetry: A Transitional Reader for Catullus, Horace, and Ovid by Catullus, John Breuker, Mardah Weinfeld 400 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	From Bed to Bed (Phoenix 60p) 400 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 50 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Catullus

“Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris?
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.”
― Catullus

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“I hate and I love
Why do I, you ask ?
I don't know, but it's happening
and it hurts”
― Catullus

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“Odi et amo; quare fortasse requiris, nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

(my translation: I hate and I love, you ask why I do this, I do not know, but I feel and I am tormented)”
― Catullus, The Complete Poems

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