Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet

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Jun8 · 2021-01-08 · Original thread

When one searches on Amazon for `Catullus` and sees the many translations and other books about him, some quite recent (Catullus' Bedspread is especially interesting https://www.amazon.com/Catullus-Bedspread-Life-Romes-Erotic/...), the following, from another great Roman poet, comes to mind:

  exegi monumentum aere perennius
  regalique situ pyramidum altius,
  quod non imber edax, non Aquilo inpotens
  possit diruere…
  (Odes III: XXX, lines 1-4, published 23BC) 

  (I have built a monument more lasting than bronze,
  higher than the Pyramids’ regal structures,
  that no consuming rain, nor wild north wind
  can destroy…)
  https://collation.folger.edu/2016/03/more-lasting-than-bronze/

If you haven't yet read the one about Lesbia and her sparrow you're missing a great poem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catullus_2)!

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