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Odi et amo (Catullus 85)
(Epigram/Elegiac Couplet, Latin/Roman, c. 65 BCE, 2 lines)Introduction "Odi et amo" ("I hate and I love") is a short poem or epigram by the Roman l...
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Epistulae VI.16 & VI.20
(Letters, Latin/Roman, c. 107 CE, 63 + 60 lines)Introduction "Epistulae VI" ("Letters 6") is the sixth of ten books of letters by the Roman lawyer ...
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Epistulae X.96
(Letters, Latin/Roman, c. 111 CE, 38 lines)Introduction "Epistulae X" ("Letters 10", also known as the "Correspondence with Trajan") is a book of l...
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Tu ne quaesieris (Odes, Book 1, Poem 11)
(Lyric Poem, Latin/Roman, c. 23 BCE, 8 lines)Introduction "Tu ne quaesieris" ("Do not ask") is the most famous of the odes of the Roman lyric poet ...
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Nunc est bibendum (Odes, Book 1, Poem 37)
(Lyric Poem, Latin/Roman, c. 30 BCE, 32 lines)Introduction "Nunc est bibendum" ("Now is the time for drinking"), sometimes known as the "Cleopatra ...
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Catullus Translations
This page provides access to English translations of all 116 poems (carmina) by the Roman lyric poet Catullus. The poems are traditionally divided ...
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Other Ancient Civilizations
Although not the main focus of this website, mention should be made of some of the literature of selected other ancient civilizations, some of whic...
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Beowulf
(Epic poem, anonymous, Old English, c. 8th Century CE, 3,182 lines)Introduction – Who is Beowulf "Beowulf" is a heroic epic poem written by an unkn...
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Satire X
(Satire, Latin/Roman, c. 120 CE, 366 lines)Introduction "Satire X" ("Satura X") is a verse satire by the Roman satirical poet Juvenal, written arou...
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Heroides
"Heroides" ("The Heroines"), also known as "Epistulae Heroidum" ("Letters of Heroines") or simply "Epistulae", is a collection of fifteen epistolar...
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Pharsalia (De Bello Civili)
(Epic Poem, Latin/Roman, 65 CE, 8,060 lines)Introduction Pharsalia (also known as De Bello Civili or "On the Civil War") is an epic poem in ten boo...
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Satire VI
(Satire, Latin/Roman, c. 115 CE, 695 lines)Introduction "Satire VI" ("Satura VI") is a verse satire by the Roman satirical poet Juvenal, written ar...
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