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INDEX
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Achilles 156, 164, 192, 280
Acme 235
Adige River 16
Adriatic 132, 177
Aedituus, Valerius 5, 275, 278
Aegean 53, 132, 134, 150, 153, 177
Aeneas 161, 287
Aeneid (Virgil) 94, 147, 161
Aeschylus 157, 284, 287
Aetia (Callimachus) 54, 124
Afranius, Lucius 63, 90
Africa 108, 171
Ahenobarbus, Lucius Domitius 114
Ajax 129, 284
Alban Mount (Mount Cave nr Rome) 192
Albania 117, 273
Alexander the Great 8, 37–8, 81, 136, 150, 176, 278
Alexandria 53, 124, 124–5
Alfonso I d’Este, 3rd Duke of Ferrara 242
Allius 66, 128, 284
Alps 16, 178, 233
Amastris (place) 176
Amastris, Queen 176
Ameana 214, 292
Annales (Ennius) 50
Annals of the Gallic War (Furius Bibaculus) 117
Antimachus 55
Antioch 34
Anubis 177
Apollo 54, 177
Apollonius of Rhodes 52, 53, 150, 152, 153, 155, 161, 163, 286
Appian Way 10, 31, 240
Apulia 275
Aquileia 273
Arabia 273
Aratus 146, 285
Archias 75
Archilochus 109
Arete (wife of Virgil) 147
Argiletum 23
Argo 153, 155, 159, 164, 176–7, 200, 236, 287
Argonautica (Apollonius) 53–4, 150, 155, 161
Ariadne 128, 135, 160, 161–4, 173, 200, 243, 294
Armenia 273
Arrius 91, 92, 114, 228, 282
Ars Amatoria (Ovid) 294
Artemis 177
Arval Brethren 241
Ascanian Lake 138
Asia 3, 8, 75, 93, 122, 129, 132, 153, 169, 173, 233, 274, 287
Asia Minor 215
Asicius, Publius 289
Athens 9, 157
Atratinus 197
Atticus 64–5, 117, 279, 280, 281
Attis 172–4
Aufillenus 51
Augustus, Emperor (formerly Octavian) 61, 76, 164, 179, 240
Aurelius 74, 78, 80, 86–7, 103
Aurunculeia, Junia 100
Bacchus 135, 160, 163
Bacchus and Ariadne (Titian) 294
Baelo Claudia 37
Baetica 37, 143
Baiae 182–3, 198, 230, 288
Balkans 97
Ballard, Robert 286
Battus, King 75
Bay of Naples 288
bedspread poem see Poems, Poem no.64
Belgium 117
Bellum Gallicum (Furius) 292
Berenice II, Queen 124–5, 129, 163–4, 283
Bestia, Lucius Calpurnius 196, 289
Bibaculus, Marcus Furius 220, 280, 291
believes Valerius Cato responsible for establishing the poets 278
Catullus’ aggressive jibes at 78, 86, 87
composes poems on the Gallic War 117, 211, 217
considered disreputable chancer 86
identification 281
on losing one’s memory 88, 282
taunts Catullus 74, 80, 103
Bibulus, Marcus Calpurnius 93–4, 113
Bithynia, Bithynians 9, 12, 40, 67, 93, 130, 132, 134, 137–9, 141, 142, 145–6, 153, 178, 185, 192, 211, 220, 273
Black Sea 2, 8, 9, 12, 16, 130, 141–2, 145–6, 150, 152, 153, 173, 174, 176, 177, 200, 273, 286
Bona Dea 33–6, 64, 190, 240
Bosporus 153
Brenner Pass 273
Brescia see Brixia
Britain, Britons 17, 211, 214, 215, 216–17, 228, 230, 233, 234, 290
Brittany 215
Brixia (Brescia) 17, 47, 178, 273
Brutus, Marcus Junius 272
Burebista, King 97
Butler, Samuel 288
Byron,...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Praise
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps
- Author’s Note
- Timeline
- Prologue
- I: In search of Catullus
- II: The house on the Palatine Hill
- III: An elegant new little book
- IV: Sparrow
- V: The rumours of our elders
- VI: The power of three
- VII: I hate and I love
- VIII: Farewell
- IX: A sea of mackerel
- X: Canvas
- XI: The boxwood Argo
- XII: Godly rumbling
- XIII: The Roman stage
- XIV: A flower on the edge of the meadow
- Epilogue
- Picture Section
- Appendix: Poem 64 – Catullus’ Bedspread Poem
- Note on Currency and Measures
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- List of Illustrations
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- About the Publisher