Catullus Culture Flashcards
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Catullus’ names
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Gaius Valerius Catullus
“Scriptor lyricus Vernae”
2
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Catullus’ dates
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84-54 BC
3
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Lesbia
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The pseudo name he uses for his love in his poems
Stands in for Clodia
4
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Sappho
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A Greek woman poet very interested in homosexuality and erotic poetry
Inspired Catullus
Lived on Lesbos
Wanted Clodia to have an elegant poet name
5
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Lesbos
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The island where Sappho lived
Because of Sappho, we now have the word Lesbian (a person from Lesbos)
6
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Alexandrian or Helenistic Poetry
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Greeks type poetry, or from Alexander's time Dates to 31 BC Post classical golden age Shift from epic poems to everyday life Catullus imitated it Short poems, small scale poetry Refined and polished "Mega Biblion, Mega Kakon" Emotion Lyric poetry Personal values
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Callimachus
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A hellenistic poet who was one of the greatest models for Catullus, “Mega Biblion, Mega Kakon”,
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Novi poetae/neoteroi
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Roman poets from Catullus’s generation who are following the examples of Hellenistic poets and recreated it in Rome
