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Catullus
Catullus is one of the most lyrical of all the Greek authors. His works have been praised and today, are a standard by which poets try to mimic. Even though his works are often thought racy and not always appropriate, he is hailed as one if the greatest of the Greek love poets. The most famous of his works is a collection of poems he had written referring to a married woman named Lesbia. He wrote ....
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.... out of the class they were born into. Although there is no real proof of Lesbia being a pseudonym for Clodia, critics have agreed that this is the most likely of whom the woman Catullus had his affair with Even the name Lesbia has an interesting background. The name derives for the Latin word Lesbian, describing the people from the island of Lesbos. Lesbos was the place where poets lived and devoted their lives to the arts. These poets were known for their talents an ....
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