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Catullus


Born
Verona, Italy
Genre
Poetry


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." ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 15,335 ratings · 1,074 reviews · 353 distinct works • Similar authors
The Complete Poems
4.10 avg rating — 11,519 ratings — published -60 — 3 editions
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I Hate and I Love
3.40 avg rating — 1,760 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions
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Dammi mille baci, e ancora ...
3.94 avg rating — 255 ratings — 2 editions
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Catullus (Hermes Books)
4.20 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1904 — 131 editions
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Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigi...
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4.31 avg rating — 137 ratings — published -54 — 33 editions
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Lesbia. Verzen van liefde e...
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Poesie d'amore e disamore
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Love Poems of Catullus
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Leseras
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“Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris?
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.”
― Catullus, The Complete Poems
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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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“You think I'm a sissy?
I will sodomize you and face-fuck you.”
― Catullus, The Complete Poems
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