{"product_id":"the-poems-9780140449815","title":"The Poems","description":"One of the most versatile of Roman poets, Catullus wrote verse of an almost unparalleled diversity and stylistic agility, from the brevity of the epigram to the sustained elegance of the elegy. This collection contains all of Catullus' extant work and includes his lyrics to the notorious Clodia Metelli - married, seductive and corrupt - charting the course from rapturous delight in a new affair to the torment of love gone sour; poems to his young friend Iuventius; and longer verse, such as the extraordinary tale of Attis, a Greek youth who castrates himself in a fit of religious ecstasy. Ranging from the tender, moving and passionate to the vicious and even obscene, these are poems of astonishingly modern force and content. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery little is kown about\u003cb\u003e Gaius Valerius Catullus\u003c\/b\u003e, though he was probably born around 84BC. he writes as a friend of Cicero and other leading figures, and appears as a leader of the new movement in poetry and a lover of the notorious Clodia Metelli, who was probably the Lesbia of the poems. He strated writing in 69 or 68 and died around 54BC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Peter Whigham\u003c\/b\u003e taught on verse composition at the University of California, but was essentially a poet full-time. Other publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Winged Bee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eASTAPOVO or What We Are To Do\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1987.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51180895764754,"sku":"9780140449815","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_22eba49a-f8ce-4bc0-b451-b63a9dbb0567.jpg?v=1744385503","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-poems-9780140449815","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}