History Creator / Catullus

* ClusterFBomb: Most (in)famously ''Catullus 16'', which is widely considered one of the most obscene and offensive things ever written in Latin.

'''Gaius Valerius Catullus''' was a Roman poet who lived during the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Roman Republic]]. His poetry moved away from the [[AncientGreece ancient Greek]] epics about gods and heroes to something closer to everyday life. His poetry has been and still is greatly admired thoughout the ages and influenced poets such as Creator/{{Ovid}}, Creator/{{Virgil}} and Creator/ChristopherMarlowe. Unfortunately, his most famous poem nowadays is ''Catullus 16'', which has been censored for centuries because of its... [[ClusterFBomb colourful]] language.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived during the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Roman Republic]]. His poetry moved away from the [[AncientGreece ancient Greek]] epics about gods and heroes to something closer to everyday life. His poetry has been and still is greatly admired thoughout the ages and influenced poets such as Creator/{{Ovid}}, Creator/{{Virgil}} and Creator/ChristopherMarlowe. Unfortunately, his most famous poem nowadays is ''Catullus 16'', which has been censored for centuries because of its...[[ClusterFBomb colourful]] language.

%%* ClusterFBomb: A lot of his poems, most (in)famously ''Catullus 16'', which is widely considered one of the most obscene and offensive things ever written in Latin.

%% * {{Tsundere}}: Poem 85 ("Odi et amo" or I hate you and I love you) neatly distills the essence of this trope into two lines.

* RomanAClef: Lesbia, the heroine of his romantic poems, is widely believed by the modern scholars to be a pseudonim for [[ReallyGetsAround rather infamous matron]] Clodia Pulchra Tertia (a "heroine" of Creator/{{Cicero}}'s probably most famous speech, "Pro Celio"), whom Catullus probably had an affair with.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived during the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Roman Republic]]. His poetry moved away from the [[AncientGreece ancient Greek]] epics about gods and heroes to something closer to everyday life. His poetry has been and still is greatly admired thoughout the ages and influenced poets such as Creator/{{Ovid}}, Creator/{{Virgil}} and Creator/ChristopherMarlowe. Unfortunately, his most famous poem nowadays is ''Catullus 16'', which has been censored for centuries because of it's...[[ClusterFBomb colourful]] language.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived during the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Roman Republic]]. His poetry moved away from the [[AncientGreece ancient Greek]] epics about gods and heroes to something closer to everyday life. His poetry has been and still is greatly admired thoughout the ages and influenced poets such as Creator/{{Ovid}}, Creator/{{Virgil}} and Creator/ChristopherMarlowe. Unfortunately, his most famous poem nowadays is ''Catullus 16'', which has been censored for centuries because it describes some unpleasant situations.

* {{Tsundere}}: Poem 85 ("Odi et amo" or I hate you and I love you) neatly distills the essence of this trope into two lines.

%%* {{Tsundere}}: Poem 85 ("Odi et amo") neatly distills the essence of this trope into two lines.

* SophiscatedAsHell: A master of this. Catullus's love poems are beautiful, describing kisses and lovemaking in carefully crafted wordplay and poetry. And then you flip to Catullus 16 where the first line is "one of the filthiest expressions ever written in Latin"

%%* TheMasochismTango: Poem 85.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived during TheRomanRepublic. His poetry moved away from the [[AncientGreece ancient Greek]] epics about gods and heroes to something closer to everyday life. His poetry has been and still is greatly admired thoughout the ages and influenced poets such as Creator/{{Ovid}}, Creator/{{Virgil}} and Creator/ChristopherMarlowe. Unfortunately, his most famous poem nowadays is ''Catullus 16'', which has been censored for centuries because it describes some unpleasant situations.

* DeadpanSnarker: Critics are unsure whether the dedication of his ''libellus'' to a writer of long-winded epic history is entirely serious or totally mocking.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Suffering, by some indications, from tuberculosis, Catullus died rather young, in his early thirties at most, on the peak of his artictic talent.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Veranius, but also Furius and Aurelius

* BeigeProse: His numerous epigrams.

* AltumVidetur: Except in ''Greek'', with poem 63, as well as others.

* ClusterFBomb: A lot of his poems, most (in)famously ''Catullus 16'', which is widely considered one of the most obscene and offensive things ever written in Latin.

* {{Gorn}}: ''Catullus 16''. Also, ''63''.

* HoYay: So, so much; bisexuality was considered usual for an upper-class Romans and it shows.
* HiddenDepths: Read ''Catullus 16'' and then read ''72'', or ''101''.
* TheMasochismTango: Poem 85.
* RomanAClef: Lesbia, the heroine of his romantic poems, is widely believed by the modern scholars to be a pseudonim for [[ReallyGetsAround rather infamous matron]] Clodia Pulchra Tertia (a "heroine" of Cretor/{{Cicero}}'s probably most famous speech, "Pro Celio"), whom Catullus probably had an affair with.
* {{Tsundere}}: Poem 85 ("Odi et amo") neatly distills the essence of this trope into two lines.

* AltumVidetur: Except in ''Greek'', with poem 63, as well as others

* HoYay: So, so much; bisexuality was considered usual for an upper-class Roman and it shows.

* ClusterFBomb: A lot of his poems, most famously ''Catullus 16'', which is widely considered one of the most obscene and offensive things ever written in Latin.

* VitriolicBestBuds: ''16'' reveals this side of his relationship with Furius and Aurelius, although it's probably all in good fun.

* HetrosexualLifePartners: With Veranius, but also Furius and Aurelius

* VitrolicBestBuds: ''16'' reveals this side of his relationship with Furius and Aurelius, although it's probably all in good fun.

* AltumVidetur

* {{Gorn}}: ''Catullus 16''
* HiddenDepths: Read ''Catullus 16'' and then read ''72''.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived during TheRomanRepublic. His poetry moved away from the [[AncientGreece ancient Greek]] epics about gods and heroes to something closer to everyday life. His poetry has been and still is greatly admired thoughout the ages and influenced poets such as Creator/{{Ovid}}, Creator/{{Virgil}} and ChristopherMarlowe. Unfortunately, his most famous poem nowadays is ''Catullus 16'', which has been censored for centuries because it describes some unpleasant situations.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived during TheRomanRepublic. His poetry moved away from the [[AncientGreece ancient Greek]] epics about gods and heroes to something closer to everyday life. His poetry has been and still is greatly admired thoughout the ages and influenced poets such as {{Ovid}}, Creator/{{Virgil}} and ChristopherMarlowe. Unfortunately, his most famous poem nowadays is ''Catullus 16'', which has been censored for centuries because it describes some unpleasant situations.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived during TheRomanRepublic. His poetry moved away from the [[AncientGreece ancient Greek]] epics about gods and heroes to something closer to everyday life. His poetry has been and still is greatly admired thoughout the ages and influenced poets such as {{Ovid}}, {{Virgil}} and ChristopherMarlowe. Unfortunately, his most famous poem nowadays is ''Catullus 16'', which has been censored for centuries because it describes some unpleasant situations.