gaius valerius catullus Flashcards

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1
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catullus full name

A

gaius valerius catullus

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2
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catullus years

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84-54 BC

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3
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where was catullus born

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verona

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4
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who was born at verona

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catullus

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5
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where did catullus die

A

rome

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6
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who was catullus’ father friends with

A

caesar

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7
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at what age did catullus come to rome

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age 22

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8
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what were catullus’ epic poems

A

carmina

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9
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how many poems did catullus write in total

A

116

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10
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who did catullus dedicate his “libellus” to

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cornelius nepos

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11
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who dedicated his libellus to cornelius nepos

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catullus

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12
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what are catullus’ poems 1-60 called

A

nugae

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13
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what number poems are catullus’ nugae

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1-60

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14
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what are catullus’ poems 18-20

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the Priapea of the Appendix Vergiliana

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15
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what number poems are catullus’ the Priapea of the Appendix Vergiliana

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18-20

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16
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what are catullus’ poems 61-68 called

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carmina docta

17
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what number poems are catullus’ carmina docta

18
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what are epyllia

19
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who wrote epyllia

20
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what are catullus’ poems 69-116

A

epigrams in elegiac couplet

21
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where did catullus spend year 57 BC

A

in bithynia on the gaius memmius staff

22
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who spent 57 BC in bithynia on the gaius memmius staff

23
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what did catullus visit on the way to bithynia to serve on the gaius memmius staff

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brother’s grave

24
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where did catullus have a villa

25
who had a villa at sirmio
catullus
26
who loved a woman named lesbia
catullus
27
what is lesbia a pseudonym for
clodia
28
who was clodia married to
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer
29
who was Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer's wife
clodia
30
what poem did catullus imitate sappho in
51
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who did catullus imitate in poem 51
sappho