Carmina

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Carmina is the celebrated collection of lyric poems by the Roman poet Catullus, renowned for its passionate expressions of love, friendship, and invective.

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Carmina canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric poetry collection
poetry collection
work of Latin literature
alsoKnownAs Carmina Catulli
linked to: Catulli Carmina

Poems of Catullus
linked to: Catullus 101
associatedPlace Rome
Verona
associatedWith Gaius Valerius Catullus
linked to: Catullus
author Catullus
containsMotif betrayal
kisses
mourning
containsPoem Catullus 101
Catullus 5
Catullus 7
Catullus 85
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
culturalSignificance major work of Latin lyric poetry
featuresCharacter Lesbia
genre epigram
invective poetry
love poetry
lyric poetry
hasAddressee friends of Catullus
patrons and rivals
hasForm collection arranged in three main groups by meter
hasReception highly regarded in classical scholarship
influenced Renaissance poetry
Roman love elegy
modern lyric poetry
language Latin
literaryForm short poems
literaryMovement Neoteric poetry
literaryPeriod Late Roman Republic
mainTheme erotic desire
friendship
invective
love
personal emotion
meter various classical meters
numberOfPoems 116
preservation transmitted through medieval manuscripts
studiedIn classics curricula
style colloquial language
intense emotional expression
wit and irony
subjectMatter personal relationships
political figures
social satire
timeOfComposition 1st century BCE

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Catullus notableWork Carmina
Odes originalTitle Carmina