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Secondary Readings

1

Cornelius Nepos

Cairns

LESBIA POEMS

51

16

1^st Lesbia Poem: Sappho 31

Wills, Wilkinson

2-2b

13

Sparrow Poem: Hellenistic

3

18

Death of Sparrow: mock lament

83

6

The cuckold husband

92

4

She loves me, she loves me not

5

13

Vivamus atque amemus

Segal

7

12

Kiss poem

Segal, Commager HSCP

86

6

Lesbia defines beauty

87

4

More blessed than Juptiter

107

9

Reconciled lovers?

109

6

Doubts and promises

70

Callimachean skepticicm

Compare Call. Epigram xxv

72

Losing it

75

I should have known better…

85

Odi et amo: crucifixion

8

Wising up and letting go

76

Requiem

11

Love and Friendship

CONVIVIAL SETTINGS/POLITE SOCIETY

12

The Napkin Thief: very uncool

10

a clever courtesan

13

Dinner invitation

27

Drinking song

FRIENDSHIP

53

Calvus

9

Veranius

35

Caecilius: verse epistle

73

Caelius? Friendship betrayed

77

Rufus

96

Calvus: consolatio

INVECTIVE, MOCKERY, ABUSE

43

Ameana

49

Cicero

93

Caesar

84

Arrius: affected speech

ASIA AND BACK

46

Departure for Bithynia

101

A brother's grave

31

Home sweet home

4

Phaselus

RELIGIOUS

62

Epithalamium

45

Acmen/Septimius

34

Hymn to Diana

LITERATURE, POETRY, CRITICISM

22

The poetaster

36

Volusius

44

Letter of thanks

95-95b

Cinna/Zmyrna

50

Calvus