Publius Aelius Hadrianus, known to history as Hadrian, was born on 24 January 76 and died on 10 July 138. He is remembered above all as Roman emperor from 117 to 138, builder of a great frontier wall in Britain, patron of Greek culture, architect of the Pantheon’s reconstruction, traveler across nearly every major province of the empire, and the grieving lover who raised the drowned Antinous into divine memory. Yet h…
“My little soul, wandering, charming, guest and companion of the body, into what places will you now go?”
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Gaius Valerius Catullus, born about 84 BC and probably dead by about 54 BC, occupies a singular place in Latin literature: he is at once one of antiquity’s most polished craftsmen and one of its most startlingly intimate voices. His surviving poems move from affectionate invitations and erotic delight to devastating grief, learned mythological narrative, social comedy, and abusive satire so ferocious that it can unse…
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Emotional landscape: Longing, Tenderness, Sensuality
