num_pages: 456
description: This edition of eighty poems of Catullus is designed for college students. An introduction deals with the life of Catullus, his indebtedness to Alexandrian poetry, and the later history of the poems. The commentary interprets the poems in the light of modern linguistic and literary scholarship. The Latin text comes from the Oxford Classical Text edition edited by Roger Mynors.
language: English
title: Catullus: A Commentary
titlecomplete: Catullus: A Commentary
genres: Classical Studies, Poetry, Roman, Literature, Classics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 161
publisher: Oxford University Press