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  2. Catullus 3 - Wikipedia

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    Winged phallus (460-425 B.C.). Following the printing of Catullus' works in 1472, Poems 2 and 3 gained new influence [14] and ignited the dispute on the meaning of the passer, with some scholars suggesting that the word did not mean a sparrow, but was a phallic symbol, particularly if sinu in line 2 of Catullus 2 is translated as "lap" rather than "bosom".

  3. List of poems by Catullus - Wikipedia

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    The "Type" column is color-coded, with a green font indicating poems for or about friends, a magenta font marking his famous poems about his Lesbia, and a red font indicating invective poems. The "Addressee(s)" column cites the person to whom Catullus addresses the poem, which ranges from friends, enemies, targets of political satire, and even ...

  4. Poetry of Catullus - Wikipedia

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    In poem 83 Metellus is spoken of as being still alive (he died in early 59 BC). It is thought that the earliest poems were written in this period. [2] In 57 BC Catullus went abroad for a year as part of the entourage of the governor of Bithynia, Gaius Memmius. Poem 10 was evidently written after his return, as well as 28, in which he reports in ...

  5. Catullus - Wikipedia

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    Catullus's poems have been preserved in an anthology of 116 carmina (the actual number of poems may slightly vary in various editions), which can be divided into three parts according to their form: approximately sixty short poems in varying meters, called polymetra, nine longer poems, and forty-eight epigrams in elegiac couplets. Each of these ...

  6. Catullus 4 - Wikipedia

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    A poem about an aging ship. Catullus 4 is a poem by the ancient Roman writer Catullus. The poem concerns the retirement of a well-traveled ship (referred to as a "phaselus", also sometimes cited as "phasellus", a variant spelling). Catullus draws a strong analogy with human aging, rendering the boat as a person that flies and speaks, with palms ...

  7. Latin poetry - Wikipedia

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    First century AD; located at the Porta Salaria, Rome, commemorating an 11-year-old who won a poetry contest in 95 AD. The history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus, the earliest surviving examples of Latin literature, are estimated to have been composed around 205–184 BC.

  8. Scientists Found a Hidden Computer From the Roman ... - AOL

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    Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for.

  9. Catullus 64 - Wikipedia

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    Catullus 64 is an epyllion or "little epic" poem written by Latin poet Catullus. Catullus' longest poem, it retains his famed linguistic witticisms while employing an appropriately epic tone. Catullus' longest poem, it retains his famed linguistic witticisms while employing an appropriately epic tone.