A report on Catullus and Catullus 85

Modern bust of Catullus on the Piazza Carducci in Sirmione.
Catullus at Lesbia's by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Bithynia within the Roman Empire
Catullus et in eum commentarius (1554)
Lesbia, 1878 painting by John Reinhard Weguelin inspired by the poems of Catullus

Catullus 85 is a poem by the Roman poet Catullus for his lover Lesbia.

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The Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson set Catullus 85 to music.

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Modern bust of Catullus on the Piazza Carducci in Sirmione.

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Lesbia and Her Sparrow (Catullus 2), by Sir Edward John Poynter

Lesbia

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Lesbia and Her Sparrow (Catullus 2), by Sir Edward John Poynter
Lesbia by John Reinhard Weguelin, 1878
Lesbia with the Sparrow by John William Godward, 1916
Catullus at Lesbia's by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1865
Favourite Poet by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888
A Little Gem by Stefan Bakałowicz
Lesbia and Sparrow by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1886
Lesbia by James Sant, 1884

Lesbia was the literary pseudonym used by the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus (c.

Lesbia is the subject of 25 of Catullus' 116 surviving poems, and these display a wide range of emotions (see Catullus 85), ranging from tender love (e.

The composer, aquatint etching

Catulli Carmina

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Cantata by Carl Orff dating from 1940–1943.

Cantata by Carl Orff dating from 1940–1943.

The composer, aquatint etching

The work mostly sets poems of the Latin poet Catullus to music, with some text by the composer.

"Odi et amo" (poem 85)