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Catullus: Poems 61–68Although Catullus is one of the best known of the Roman poets, it is his shorter poems that are more familiar. This is the first edition of the long poems of Catullus in a single volume, which with the companion edition by John Godwin of the shorter poems completes all Catullus' surviving work. This edition aims to describe and discuss recent scholarship on the poems, seeing them in their context and in relation to each other as fully as possible.

he must complete a series of dangerous missions given to him by his scheming cousin

containing as they do the account of Odysseus' visit to the Phaeacians and including such famous episodes as Odysseus' meeting with Nausicaa

the edition has been a continued success

The account of each Latin construction is fully documented with literary examples

Alexander of Macedonia does not conquer for conquest’s sake

The Iliad's extraordinary power testifies to the commitment of its many readers

following on from the critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls

But not as you know it

the Virgilian text has created its own intertextual heritage

corruption

detailed Notes on the text and comprehensive indexes

The extensive Introduction analyses Plautus' delightful comedy as a stage-performance