Catullus

American

[kuh-tuhl-uhs] / kəˈtʌl əs /

noun

Gaius Valerius 84?–54? b.c., Roman poet.

Catullus British

/ kəˈtʌləs /

noun

Gaius Valerius (ˈɡaɪəs vəˈlɪərɪəs). ?84–?54 _bc , Roman lyric poet, noted particularly for his love poems

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Deca didn’t respond to a request for comment about potential uses of the Phillips 66 site and Catullus referred inquiries to Phillips 66.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2024

The entry for Catullus, several of whose poems I could recite from memory in Latin, read: "The greatest lyric poet of Rome."

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022

The earliest examples, such as those by Sappho and Catullus , make distracting references to ancient gods — including to Hymen, the Greek god of marriage.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018

By “,” wrote the Roman poet Catullus more than 2,000 years ago.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2013

Dr. Trefusis draws the quotation from Catullus, Poems, XXXVI. — ed.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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