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"This selection, which includes at least one translation of every poem, presents Catullus in all his voices and genres with powerful renderings from a rich variety of poets, among them Ralegh, Swift, Coleridge, Ezra Pound and Stevie Smith. There are several versions of Catullus' celebrated pieces including the 'kiss poems' and the elegy for his mistress's sparrow along with translations of his lyrics, laments, wedding songs, mini-epics, smutty epigrams, and the extraordinary tale of Attis, a Greek youth who castrates himself in the ecstasy of religious fervour. There is also a selection of English poems inspired by Catullus." "While it is only recently that writers have found ways to do justice to the more sexually explicit aspects of Catullus' writings, every generation has discovered something slightly different in his exuberant and complex work. Their finest achievements are collected here."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved