THE COMPLETE POETRY OF CATULLUS Translated from the Latin by David Mulroy University of Wisconsin Press: 170 pp., $15.95 paper The voice of the ancient Roman poet, Catullus, like Sappho's, sounds ...

You can usually stir up debate by comparing song lyrics to poetry. ... The Leonard Cohen Lyric Based on a Poem About a Famous Ancient Roman. By. Jim Beviglia. October 11, 2024 3:45 pm.

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus ruled the Roman Empire from 54 to 68 A.D., according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. He was famous for his affinity for the arts, particularly poetry and music.

The Roman love poet died in A.D. 17, far from the city where he had made his name, and which he had loved so dearly. Ovid in Exile This 1859 oil painting by Eugène Delacroix depicts the ...