Book contents
- Catullus Through his Books
- Catullus Through his Books
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prolegomenon to the Catullus Problem
- Chapter 1 Ax (poems 52–60)
- Chapter 2 A (poems 1–51)
- Chapter 3 B (poems 61–64) and C1 (65–68b)
- Chapter 4 C2 (poems 69–116)
- Conclusion Two Interpretive Applications
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion - Two Interpretive Applications
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2020
- Catullus Through his Books
- Catullus Through his Books
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prolegomenon to the Catullus Problem
- Chapter 1 Ax (poems 52–60)
- Chapter 2 A (poems 1–51)
- Chapter 3 B (poems 61–64) and C1 (65–68b)
- Chapter 4 C2 (poems 69–116)
- Conclusion Two Interpretive Applications
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Were he a more practical man, (the represented) Catullus would have married; a poem 61 would have been sung for him and his bride, who would have gone on to hold a little Catullus in her lap, assuring the continuity of his domus. Instead he falls for Lesbia. Their love may endanger her husband’s domus, but it is certain, especially after the brother’s death, to destroy his own.
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- Catullus Through his BooksDramas of Composition, pp. 217 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020