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Catullus
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Ca·tul·lus  (k-tls), Gaius Valerius 84?-54? b.c.
Roman lyric poet known for his love poems to "Lesbia," an aristocratic Roman woman whose real name was Clodia.

Catullus [kəˈtʌləs]
n
(Biographies / Catullus, Gaius Valerius (?84 bc-?54 bc) M, Roman, WRITING: poet) Gaius Valerius (ˈgaɪəs vəˈlɪərɪəs). ?84-?54
Catullan  [kəˈtʌlən] adj
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Noun1.Catullus - Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC)Catullus - Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC)
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Catullus [kəˈtʌləs] NCatulo
Catullus [kəˈtʌləs] nCatullo


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Holmès lived with the writer Catulle Mendès; together they had five illegitimate children.
La ville merveilleuse," rhapsodized the French poet Jeanne Catulle Mendes, and the name stuck: Cidade Maravilhosa (Marvelous City) later became a synonym for Rio in song and tourist literature.
Anita di Stefano provides a comprehensive and successful paper on Pierio and the birth of a Catullan philological critique in the sixteenth century (including many primary-source extracts and a valuable appendix with Valeriano's "pra[e]lectiones in Catullum" on poem 8 "Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire").
 
 
 
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