12 The lines describing the mysterious gentleman were part of an epigram written by Benvenuto Campesani of Vicenza to celebrate the rediscovery of Catullus’ work.
13 It was recognised as early as the late sixteenth century that a section of Catullus 64 inspired Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne. Titian and Mario Equicola, the secretary who compiled the programme for the artistic scheme of Alfonso’s camerino, may have consulted Battista Guarino’s edition of Catullus’ text, which included a commentary, and the translation of Dolce. On the versions of text available to them see Holberton (1986) pp. 344–50. They combined Catullus’ version of the Ariadne myth with that provided in Ovid Ars Amatoria 1.529–62. On the influence of Ovid on the painting, see Thompson (1956) pp. 259–64.
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INDEX
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Achilles 156, 164, 192
Acme 235
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nbsp; Adige River 16
Adriatic 132, 177
Aedituus, Valerius 5, 276, 278
Aeneas 161, 288
Aeneid (Virgil) 94, 147, 161
Aeschylus 157, 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, 136, 150, 176
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
Appian Way 10, 31, 240
Apulia 275
Aquileia 273
Arabia 273
Aratus 146, 286
Archias 75
Archilochus 109
Arete (wife of Parthenius) 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, 295
Armenia 273
Arrius 91, 92, 114, 228, 282
Ars Amatoria (Ovid) 295
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 290
Athens 9, 157
Atratinus 197
Atticus 64–5, 117, 280
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) 295
Baelo Claudia 37
Baetica 37, 143
Baiae 182–3, 198, 230, 289
Balkans 97
Ballard, Robert 287
Battus, King 75
Bay of Naples 289
bedspread poem see Poems, Poem no. 64
Belgium 117
Berenice II, Queen 124–5, 129, 163–4, 283
Bestia, Lucius Calpurnius 196
Bibaculus, Marcus Furius 220
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, 287
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, 291
Brittany 215
Brixia (Brescia) 17, 47, 178
Burebista, King 97
Butler, Samuel 289
Byron, Lord 109, 135
Caecilius 16, 17
Caecus, Appius Claudius 31, 59, 198
Caelius 51–2
Caesar, Gaius Julius
appointed Pontifex Maximus 24
assassination of 238–9
background 11–12
Bona Dea held in his residence 33
briefly suspended from office 274
builds new forum in Rome 207, 291
calls two summits with Crassus and Pompey 204–5
claims descent from Venus 139, 285
constructs and demolishes bridge across the Rhine 217
crosses the Rubicon 237
crucifies pirate captors 12
declares himself candidate for consulship 90, 92–4
departs for Further Spain as governor 36–7
description of 46
etiquette and manners 210–11
forgives those who offended him 219–21, 292
friendship with Catullus’ father 211, 219, 291
granted an army and five years to govern Cisalpine Gaul 97
grants full Roman citizenship to people of Verona 241
greed of 214, 215
hopes to retain Cisalpine Gaul 237–8
invasions of Britain 216–17, 230, 234
keeps his own gladiatorial school 37
legality of legislation questioned 114, 132
lodges divorce from Pompeia 35
manages to destroy the cornel tree 28
marries Calpurnia 94
moves to Gaul 117, 204–5
plunders and pillages 214
as prominent politician 3, 10
purchases a villa at Baiae 183
returns from governorship in Further Spain 89–90
sexual encounter at Nicomedia 138–9
as shameless, grasping gambler 2
supported by Vatinius in civil war 232
survives Clodius Pulcher scandal 36
transfers Clodius to the plebeian class 113
underestimates Clodius Pulcher 190
unpopularity of 204–5
verses written on 92, 211, 214, 216–17, 219, 220–1, 224, 281
weeps before statue of Alexander the Great 37–8
writings of 211–12, 292
Caesoninus, Lucius Calpurnius Piso 113–14, 185–6, 289
Caligula 183, 241
Callimachus 52–5, 75, 99, 103, 124, 161, 225, 278
Calpurnia (Pisonis, wife of Caesar) 94, 113
Calvus (Gaius Licinius Calvus Macer) 141, 149, 286
background 45–6
comment on Bithynia and Caesar’s sexual prowess 138–9, 220
death of 238
friendship with Catullus 1, 46, 47
influenced by Callimachus 54
legal experience 293
possible marriage to Quintilia 279
prosecutes Vatinius at his trial 231–2
short and bald 46, 277
writes several mocking poems 218
Camerius 206, 207, 279
Cantos (Pound) 179
Cappadocia 39
Carbo, Gaius Papirius 288
Carrhae 237
Carthage, Carthaginians 170, 171
Castor 207, 287
Catiline 20, 36, 108, 283
Cato the Elder 279
Cato, Gaius 293
Cato, Publius Valerius 47–8, 69, 87, 277–8
Cato the Younger
announces candidature for praetorship 204
blocks Pompey’s stand for a consulship 274
commits suicide 238
filibustering technique 90
lack of humour 48
leaves Rome to oversee annexation of Cyprus 115
not elected to the Senate 205
Pompey fails to marry his niece 38
returns to Rome from Cyprus 204
wins praetorship 230
Catullus brother 40, 122–30, 169
Catullus, Gaius Valerius
accepts female poets into his circle 58–9
accompanies Memmius to Bithynia 132–7, 139–43, 145–6
affection for other men 44–8, 85
aggressive jibes at his rivals 86–8
birth 2, 271
as bold and interesting poet 52–6
Cicero’s view of 50, 52, 55–6
combines humour with bitter polemic 81
comments on Crassus’ ambitions 227–8
comments on his sojourn in Bithynia 183–5
connection with Verona 294–5
death of 237, 271
dedicates his poetry to Cornelius Nepos 42–4
disapproves of squander and despoilment of lands for personal gain 37, 39
documents Caelius Rufus’ fall 195–202
draws upon the myth of the Ages 7–8, 77
enjoyment of sex 223–4
enjoys picking apart work of inferior authors 48–50
grief at the death of his brother 122–30
and his boxwood ‘kidney bean’ boat 176–8
house at Sirmio 178–83
inspired by Jason and the Argonauts in his Bedspread poem 150–65
interested in Licinius Calvus 231–2
lambasts his friend Gellius 224–6
languid speech used in writing to woo 57–8
makes his way to the house of Metellus Celer 23–31
maps Rome’s growing empire 233–5, 236
moves to Rome 20–1
observations on Spain and the Spaniards 186–8
obsessed with Pompey’s portico 206–7
poems addressed to Clodia 7, 32–3, 58, 61, 62–3, 66, 69–71, 74, 79–80, 95–6, 98–9, 102–3, 109–12, 118, 163, 171, 208–9, 279
poetic skills 2, 3–6
prone to exaggeration 175
reaction towards Clodia’s infidelity 106, 107–12, 114, 115, 117–19
recovers from dinner with Publius Sestius 228–30
reflects upon his roots and younger days 17–19
relishes the corporeal and the earthy 50–2
remembers a locked-out lover 16–17
restlessness of 1–2
returns to Rome 192, 193–4
secrets and allusions 6
smitten with Clodia 31–3, 40, 58, 59–61, 65–71, 73–6, 78–81, 82, 83–4, 89, 94, 98, 106, 109–12, 150, 201, 204–5, 208–10