Latin Literature

Question 1

Give the full name and dates of the Roman author Catullus.

Answer 1

Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 BC)

Question 2

Where was Catullus born?

Answer 2

Verona

Question 3

How do we break down Catullus’s surviving poems?

Answer 3

nearly 60 short lyrics, 8 longer poems in various meters, and almost 50 epigrams (116 <i>Carmina</i> in total)

Question 4

For what woman does Catullus regularly pine over the course of his works?

Answer 4

Lesbia (real name Clodia)

Question 5

The death of what family member serves as the topic in one of Catullus’s most famous poems?

Answer 5

his brother

Question 6

To which province does Catullus visit in many of his poems?

Answer 6

Bithynia

Question 7

What overarching concept lies in the majority of Catullus’s work?

Answer 7

his emotional friendships and enmities at Rome

Question 8

Give the full name and dates for the Roman author Tibullus.

Answer 8

Albius Tibullus (ca. 54-19 BC)

Question 9

What social rank was the Roman author Tibullus?

Answer 9

equestrian

Question 10

What social rank was the Roman author Tibullus?

Answer 10

equestrian