Catullus, Gaius Valerius, << kuh TUHL uhs, GAY uhs vuh LEER ee uhs >> (84? B.C.-54? B.C.), a Roman lyric poet, wrote personal and passionate poetry. His best-known poems tell of his love for Clodia, an aristocratic Roman called Lesbia in his poems. He wrote about the affair from its beginning to his final disillusionment with her.
Catullus also wrote long poems on mythological themes, a wedding hymn, and many epigrams (short, witty poems). One epigram attacked Julius Caesar, who later forgave Catullus. Catullus also wrote a famous farewell to his dead brother. His most famous poem is: “I hate and I love. You may ask why I do this. I do not know, but I feel it happen, and am tormented.” Catullus was born in Verona, Italy.
