Catullus 86
Catullus 86 is a Latin poem of six lines in elegiac couplets by the Roman poet Catullus.
Analysis
On the inferiority of Quintia to Lesbia, Catullus further treats in
100.1ff; for this poem dates from the time of the faith of Catullus in Lesbia, at which time Quintius was his friend.[1]
References
Sources
- Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, ed. (1893). Catullus. College Series of Latin Authors. Boston, MA: Ginn and Company. pp. 205–6.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Further reading
- Papanghelis, T. D. (1991). "Catullus and Callimachus on Large Women: A Reconsideration of c.86". Mnemosyne. 44: 372–386. .
- Rankin, H. D. (1976). "Catullus and the Beauty of Lesbia (Poems 43, 86 and 51)". Latomus. 35: 3–11.
- Symons, Arthur (1913). Knave of Hearts. 1894–1908. London: William Heinemann. p. 140.
External links
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