catullus people Flashcards

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callimachus

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poet from alexandria

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lesbia

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catullus’s pet name for his puella

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clodia

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the figure generally agreed to be the name of catullus puella

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sapho

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greek poet from lesbos

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nepos

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catullus first poem dedicated to this person

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cicero

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he called catullus and his crew neoteroi

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otium

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leisure; the moral compass for catullus

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urbanitas

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sophistication

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metellus

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governor of transalpine Gaul, rival of catullus

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ennius

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early roman poet who composed patriotic and nationalistic poetry

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