Catullus

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Catullus was a Roman lyric poet of the late Republic whose passionate, personal verses—especially his love poems to "Lesbia"—profoundly shaped later Latin poetry.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Catullus canonical 27
Gaius Valerius Catullus 7
Catulli Carmina 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-language writer ⓘ
Roman poet ⓘ
ancient Roman ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
lyric poet ⓘ
activeIn 1st century BC Latin literature ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSurvivingPoems 116 ⓘ
associatedWith Lesbia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 84 BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath circa 54 BC ⓘ
ethnicGroup Roman ⓘ
familyName Valerius ⓘ
fullName Gaius Valerius Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
genre epigram ⓘ
invective poetry ⓘ
love poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
givenName Gaius ⓘ
hasWork Poem 101 (Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus) ⓘ
Poem 5 (Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus) ⓘ
Poem 51 (Ille mi par esse deo videtur) ⓘ
Poem 7 (Quaeris quot mihi basiationes) ⓘ
Poem 8 (Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire) ⓘ
Poem 85 (Odi et amo) ⓘ
influenced Horace ⓘ
Ovid ⓘ
Propertius ⓘ
Tibullus ⓘ
later Latin love elegy ⓘ
influencedBy Callimachus ⓘ
Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Sappho ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
literaryCharacter Lesbia ⓘ
metricalFormsUsed elegiac couplet ⓘ
glyconic meter ⓘ
hendecasyllabic verse ⓘ
movement Neoteric poetry ⓘ
nativeLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableFor highly personal poetry ⓘ
innovative use of colloquial Latin ⓘ
love poems to Lesbia ⓘ
notableWork Carmina ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
period late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
placeOfBirth Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
Verona ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rome ⓘ
possibleRealIdentityOfLesbia Clodia Metelli ⓘ
wroteAbout betrayal ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
love ⓘ
political figures of his time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ovid → influencedBy → Catullus ⓘ
Sappho → influenced → Catullus ⓘ
Callimachus → influenced → Catullus ⓘ
Bacchus and Ariadne → basedOn → Catullus 64 ⓘ
subject linked to: Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian
linked to: Catullus
Carmina Burana → followedBy → Catulli Carmina ⓘ
subject linked to: Orff Carmina Burana
linked to: Catullus
Catullus → fullName → Gaius Valerius Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Propertius → influencedBy → Catullus ⓘ
Saturnalia → documentedBy → Catullus ⓘ
Bacchus and Ariadne → influencedBy → Catullus, Carmina 64 ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Tibullus → influencedBy → Catullus ⓘ
Aetia → influenced → Catullus ⓘ
Gaius → hasNotableBearer → Gaius Valerius Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Trionfo di Afrodite → basedOn → Catullus ⓘ
Hymenaeus → mentionedBy → Catullus ⓘ
Valerius → borneBy → Gaius Valerius Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Carmina → author → Catullus ⓘ
Carmina → associatedWith → Gaius Valerius Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Poem 5 (Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus) → author → Gaius Valerius Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Poem 8 (Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire) → addressee → Catullus himself ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Poem 51 (Ille mi par esse deo videtur) → author → Gaius Valerius Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Poem 85 (Odi et amo) → author → Catullus ⓘ
Lesbia → usedBy → Catullus ⓘ
Lesbia → appearsInWorkOf → Catullus ⓘ
Lesbia → hasRelationshipWith → Catullus ⓘ
Clodia Metelli → associatedWith → Gaius Valerius Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
Sextus Propertius → influencedBy → Catullus ⓘ
subject linked to: Sextus
Archilochus → influenced → Catullus ⓘ