Catullus - The Poet of Love | Documentary

Catullus is one of the Ancient World’s most famous poets - his passionate love poems, tragic elegies in remembrance of his dead brother, risky send ups of politicians and stinging attacks on his rivals are as fresh today as when they were written more than 2000 years ago.

He captured the full range of human emotions in a way that had not really been attempted before and had a profound impact on all subsequent poets.

He is most famous for his racy love poems, but his 116 surviving carmina or songs, some just a couple of lines long, with others extending to over 400 lines bring to life the richness, complexity and raunchiness of Ancient Rome like nothing else.

Finding Out More
If you want to find out more about Catullus, look no further than the poems themselves. I would recommend modern translations to get a flavour of just how different his voice was to the poets who had come before. I have listed some of these on my Amazon Store Page. https://www.amazon.com/shop/professor...

Academic References

Lewis, M. (2013). Narrativising Catullus: a Never-ending Story. Melbourne Historical Journal, 41(2).

Miller, P. A. (2021). Unspeakable Enjoyment in Catullus (80, 16, 11, 63). Dictynna. Revue de poétique latine, (18).

Rankin, A. V. (1962). Odi et Amo: Gaius Valerius Catullus and Freud's Essay on" A Special Type of Choice of Object Made by Men". American Imago, 19(4), 437-448.

Scott, W. C. (1971). Catullus and Caesar (c. 29). Classical Philology, 66(1), 17-25.


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Images
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Internet Archive
Naples Archaeological Museum

Music
All music by Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C major. The Advent Chamber Orchestra, Edino Biaggi, Oboe, Roxanna Goldstein. CC2.0
Double Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 3 No. 11.The Advent Chamber Orchestra with David Parry and Roxana Pavel Goldstein (violins) CC2.0
Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, from L'estro Armonico. Advent Chamber Orchestra with Jacques Israelievitch and Roxana Pavel Goldstein (violins). CC2.0
Motet for Soprano and Orchestra (Nulla in mundo pax sincera) - 1. Larghetto. Advent Chamber Orchestra. Soprano Soloist, Cristina Piccardi. CC2.0
Concerto for 2 Oboes in A minor, RV 536 - III. Allegro. The Modena Chamber Orchestra CC1.0
Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV 498 - II. Larghetto The Modena Chamber Orchestra CC1.0
Spring, RV 269 - II. Largo The Modena Chamber Orchestra CC1.0

Video edited by Manavi Sakunika and produced by Graeme Yorston and Tom Yorston