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Catullus and his world : a reappraisal

Print Book, English, 1987
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1987
287 p. ; 22 cm
9780521319683, 0521319684
636465336
Prefaceix
A World not Ours
Evidence and preconceptions
1(4)
Cruelty
5(5)
Sexual mores
10(5)
Clodia: Pleasure and Sway
Mulier nobilis
15(11)
Nobilium ludi
26(12)
Mulier potens
38(11)
Immoderata mulier
49(5)
The Trial of Marcus caelius
The crimes
54(8)
The accused
62(7)
The prosecution
69(6)
The defence
75(15)
The aftermath
90(2)
Catullus in Context
Delos
92(9)
Financial attitudes
101(6)
The Transpadane background
107(8)
The beauty of innocence
115(9)
The poet and his audience
124(6)
`Lesbia Illa'
Falso nomine
130(7)
The introductory sequence
137(10)
The theme in the background
147(10)
Allius' house
157(7)
The epigrams
164(11)
Reflections in myth
175(8)
The Unknown Catullus
Poem 116
183(6)
External evidence
189(9)
Attis at the Megalesia
198(8)
Farewell Catullus
206(5)
The Afterlife of Lesbia
Before Schwabe
211(7)
Moralisers
218(8)
Cynics
226(7)
Wilder's Clodia
233(8)
Some post-war versions
241(5)
Appendix: References to Catullus in Ancient Authors246(17)
Endnotes263(10)
Bibliography273(8)
Index of passages281(3)
General index284