Poesie. Testo latino a fronte

CatullusYour Saturnalian bonne-bouche I read this Penguin edition of Catullus's poems side by side Peter Green's translation . I have no hesitation in saying I prefer the latter, not because I am in any way able to compare it with the original Latin, but seeing the parallel text I can see that Green h Leggi tutto

He is essential reading, of course, though I had only read bits and bobs in the past before this - and this version in particular is fantastic. A lovely hardback bilingual edition. Peter Green does extraordinary translation work (as he did with Ovid) and all the lewd crude rude and often beautiful w Leggi tutto

Words and expressions the translator should have thought twice about using: "Treadmill," "French poodle," "syphilitic." Catullus is the OG badass Roman poet. His polyamorous adventures and vicious satirical portraits amply flex his majorly ripped wit, status, and (professed) sexual prowess. Listen to Leggi tutto

Peter Green's exuberantly bitchy translation of the complete poems of the Roman poet Catallus never fails to amuse, amaze, and indeed shock, which was certainly the poet's original intent. With far too many earlier translations of these viscerally human poems, translators have tried to protect us fr Leggi tutto

”In bed I read Catullus. It passes my comprehension why Tennyson could have called him ‘tender.’ He is vindictive, venomous, and full of obscene malice. He is only tender about his brother and Lesbia, and in the end she gets it hot as well.” - Harold Nicolson, Diaries and Letters 1945-1962. Catullus Leggi tutto

Un classico senza tempo che non vedevo l’ora di leggere. Penso che questa sia la raccolta integrale di tutte le sue poesie, con il testo a fronte. Poesie d’amore ma non solo, anzi c’è una componente presente sempre che dà lo stampo alle sue poesie. L'amore comunque è il nucleo principale, si tratta d Leggi tutto