Characters
This character hops around on Lesbia's lap and then dies
Who is the bird
Catullus' lifespan
30 years
This is the famous name Catullus gave to his married lover.
Who is Lesbia?
In Poem 36, Catullus attacks someone's terrible historical poetry by calling the physical pages cacata carta, which translates to this modern bathroom staple.
What is toilet paper?
Catullus's was born into a super ____ family
RICH!!!
This character is begged to dine at Catullus' house
Who is Fabullus
This person was Catullus' inspiration
Who is Callimachus?
In Poem 5, Catullus tells his lover to live and love, famously asking for "a thousand, then a hundred, then another thousand of these things
What are kisses?
Poem 84 is a petty masterpiece mocking a man named Arrius who tries to sound high-class by incorrectly adding this letter sound to words like commoda.
What is the letter H?
The number of adulterers held in an embrace by Lesbia
300!!! what!!!!!
This character is super stinky
Catullus was born in this specific town in the region of northern Italy
Poem 11 contains Catullus's famous "farewell," in which he asserts that his lover has broken his heart, treating him like this thing at the edge of a meadow
In Poem 49, Catullus heavily insults this famous Roman orator by sarcastically calling him "the most eloquent of all Romans" while calling himself "the worst of all poets."
Who is Cicero?
The name "Lesbia" was chosen by Catullus as a tribute to this ancient female Greek poet.
Who is Sappho?
This character. is compared to an ordinary goat milker
Who is Suffenus?
Catullus' famous muse, "Lesbia," is widely believed to represent this real-life, aristocratic, and married Roman woman, the sister of the infamous politician Clodius Pulcher.
Who is Clodia Metelli?
In Catullus 1, what was his little book polished with?
What is pumice stone
This Catullus poem is written as a Eulogy
What is Catullus 3
This character steals napkins
Who is Asinius Marrucinus
Catullus belonged to this avant-garde group of "new poets" (or neoteroi) who rejected long epic poems in favor of short, highly polished, and personal Alexandrian-style works.
What is Neoteric?
In Poem 85, one of the most famous poems in the collection, Catullus describes his conflicting emotions with this Latin phrase.
What is Odi et amo?
Catullus's brother died in this place
What is Bithynia (modern day turkey)
The historical leader Catullus famously and boldly insulted in several of his invective poems.
Who is Julius Caesar?