struggles to understand castration 171–3
survival of his poems 241–3
told he is a ‘joke’ by a ‘filthy slut’ 44
translates a Greek poem into Latin 124
turns his attention to the Gallic War and Mamurra 211–21
verses on Caesar 92
wars and politics 8–12
wealth of 42–3
wedding verse 100–4
as writer of mimes 271–2
writes about the old centre of Rome 207–8
writes disgustedly of diseases spread between men and women 83
writes poems for Hortalus and Manlius 123–4, 125, 126–7
writes several poems about Mamurra 212–15
Catullus, Valerius 241
Catulus, Quintus Lutatius 30, 90, 192, 278
Caucasus mountains 12, 151–2, 286
Chalcedon 137
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (Byron) 135
Chronica (Cornelius Nepos) 42
Cicero
alludes to Euphorion 284
believes Clodia to be related to Claudia Quinta 288
comment on the Bona Dea 34
comment on Catullus and his friends 50, 55, 278
comment on Memmius 133
comment on Metellus Celer 26, 274
concerned at fate of Epicurus former house and garden 133–4
defends Publius Sestius 229
defends Vatinius at his trial 230–1, 232
delivers speech in defence of Caelius Rufus 195, 198, 199
dislike of Baiae 182
dislike of Clodius 64–5, 190
dislike of Piso 185–6
in exile 115–17, 190–2
family background 36
fondness for Cato the Younger 48
as friend of Caelius Rufus 108
gives evidence against Clodius Pulcher 36
as great orator 5
love of grandiloquence 52
and the murder of Dio 290
murder of 240
orders execution of rogue senators 20
praised by Catullus 231
praises Caesar’s prose style 212
prejudice against Clodia 58, 182, 198, 199–200
recall from exile 192, 224, 228
refuses to leave Rome 115
reliance on hearsay to add colour to orations 75
remarks on good health of Metellus Celer 97
residence in Rome 30
treatment of Catilinarian conspirators 20, 115
tries to explain earthquakes 193
vetoed from making parting address 274
Cilicia 34, 204, 273
Cimbri 273
Cinna, Gaius Helvius 283
accompanies Catullus to Bithynia 132, 134
friendship with Caesar 220
friendship with Catullus 47, 175
murder of 239
poetic skills 55, 147–8, 161
political ambitions 148–9
unable to profit from Bithynia 140–1
Cisalpine Gaul 3, 20, 26, 47, 97, 205, 242, 273, 274
see also Gaul, Gauls; Transalpine Gaul
Claudia Quinta 288
Claudius dynasty 31
Cleïs 32
Clitumnus 241
Clodia see Metelli, Clodia (or ‘Lesbia’) (née Pulchra)
Clodii Pulchri 76, 171, 193, 200
Colchis 12, 145, 152, 273
College of Augurs 25
concubines 45
Conon 125
Corinna 275, 279
Cornelia Fausta 132
Cornelia (wife of Caesar) 11, 33
Cornelius Nepos 41–3, 217
Cornificia 58–9, 279
Cornificius, Quintus 279
Corsica 3
Cos 53
courtesans 78–9
Crassus, Marcus Licinius 3, 10, 11, 25–6
agrees to demotion of Clodius 113
death of 237
granted five year command in Syria 205, 227–8
as guardian to Caelius Rufus 108
lends Caesar money for Further Spain venture 37
Parthian expeditions 234
strained relationship with Caesar and Pompey 204–5
supports Caelius Rufus at his trial 198, 200
supports Caesar in his bid for consulship 93
underestimates Clodius Pulcher 190
Cremona 74
Crete 134–5, 171
Cybele 170–1, 194
Cyclades 287
Cyprus 115, 148, 204
Cyrene 53, 68, 75, 125
Cytoris 176
Dacian people 97
Daedalus 135
Darius III 176
De Rerum Natura (Lucretius) 133, 134
Delos 135, 177
Diana (Publius Valerius Cato) 278
Dido 161
Dio 198, 273, 290
disabilities 60, 279
Dolabella, Publius Cornelius 280
Domitian, Emperor 241
Drusus, Saturninus 283
Dyrrachium (Durrës in Albania) 117
Egnatius 186, 195, 207, 289
Ennius 50, 155, 163, 199
Ephesus 135
Epicurus 133
Equicola, Mario 295
Ethiopia 281
Etruscans 17, 18, 181, 274
Euphorion 278, 284
Fabullus 185, 186, 187, 289
Falernian wine 40, 277
Flavius 81–2
Fordyce, C. J. 51
Formiae 212, 215, 240
France 3, 117, 242
Fulvia (wife of Clodius Pulcher) 112, 240
Furius see Bibaculus, Marcus Furius
Further Spain 36–7, 89, 143, 227
Gabinius, Aulus 114
Gallic War 17, 211, 216, 217–18
Gallic War (Caesar) 211, 216
Ganymede 139
garum (fish sauce) 142–3, 285
Gaul, Gauls 17, 34, 43, 47, 132, 214, 217, 228, 231, 234
see also Cisalpine Gaul; Transalpine Gaul
Gellius see Publicola, Lucius Gellius
Geneva 117
Genoa 273
Georgia 9, 12, 273
Germanic tribes 117, 217
Gracchus, Gaius 114–15, 274
Gracchus, Tiberius 114
Greece, Greeks 4, 75, 78–9, 132
Greek poets 53, 109, 146
Hannibal 170, 171
Hecale (Callimachus) 54
Hellespont 136, 142, 164
Helvetii 117
Heracleia 9
Heracles 177, 287
Herakles, Leukios Mustios 286
Herodotus 274
Hispo, Publius Terentius 140, 285
Hispulla 241, 294
Histories (Pollio) 289
Homer 3, 50, 99, 129, 138, 146, 150, 164, 230, 279
Horace 5, 156, 183, 187, 211, 275
Hortalus, Quintus Hortensius 123–4, 125
Iberia 273
Iliad (Homer) 129, 146
Illyricum 97, 132
In Praise of Baldness (Synesius of Cyrene) 46
In Praise of Hair (Dio Chrysostom) 46
India 228, 234
Io 149
Iolcus (Volos) 151
Ionian Sea 228
Ipsitilla 69
Isis 177
Italy, Italians 3, 141, 238
Izmir (Smyrna) 170, 274, 286
Jason and the Argonauts 4, 8, 12, 53, 151–65, 200
Judaea 273
Julia (daughter of Caesar) 94, 230, 232–3
Jupiter 134, 152, 155, 157–8, 205
Juvenal 6, 241, 294
Juventius 85, 86–7
Kent 216
Laevius 5, 278, 289
Lake Garda (Benacus) 2, 13, 17, 178, 182, 236
Lampsacus 136
Laocoön 243
Laodamia, myth of 67, 129
Larisa 151
Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius 240
Les
bia see Metelli, Clodia
Lesbos 32, 136, 171, 177, 206
Lesser Armenia 9
Libya 53, 235
Licinius see Calvus (Gaius Licinius Calvus Macer)
Livy 76–7
Lucca 204
Lucilius, Gaius 278
Lucretia 2
Lucretius 133, 134
Lucullus, Lucius Licinius 64
awarded a triumph 133, 227
extravagance of 29
succeeded by Pompey 11
Luxemburg 117
Lydia (place) 17–18, 274, 287
Lydia (Publius Valerius Cato) 278
Macedonia 3, 4, 31, 185, 186
Macer, Calvus see Calvus (Gaius Licinius Calvus Macer)
Macer, Gaius Licinius (historian and politician) 46
Macrobius 289
Mamurra 212–15, 217–18
Mantua 275
Marius, Gaius 8–9, 11, 50
Mark Antony 224, 238, 240
marriage 100–4, 126
Martial 6, 80, 81, 207, 275
Medea 151, 152, 155, 161, 163, 199, 200
Medea (Ennius) 155
Megalensia 194, 200
Meleager 53, 81, 103, 279
Melos 135
Memmius, Gaius 114, 132–4, 135, 139, 140–1, 146, 174–5, 186, 238, 284, 288
Memnon, king of Ethiopia 281
Mesopotamia 273
Messalinus, Valerius Catullus 241
Messallinus, Lucius Valerius Catullus 241
Metamorphoses (Ovid) 275
Metella (or Perilla) 67–8, 279, 280
Metelli, Clodia (or ‘Lesbia’) (née Pulchra) 275, 280
attempts to help her brother in his quest for plebeian status 64–5
attends trial of Caelius Rufus 197
believed to have poisoned her husband 97, 283
Catullus smitten with 32–3, 40, 58, 59–61, 73–6, 78–81, 82, 83–4, 94, 106, 150, 201, 203–4, 208–10
character and description 31–3, 60
Cicero’s dislike of 58, 182, 198, 199–200
considered a mere coquette or courtesan 78–9
as experienced poet 58
family background 31
as famous as Helen of Troy 75–6
lascivious reputation 171
as lover of Caelius Rufus 108–9, 195
as lover of Catullus 65–71, 89, 98, 109–12
outlives Catullus and Calvus 238
poems addressed to 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
and possible incestuous relationship with her brother 111–12, 283
Metellus Celer 63, 64
Catullus’ comments on 95–6, 112
character of 20, 26–7
discovered dead in his house 97, 104
furious at treatment of his sister by Pompey 38–9
gives up consular seat in elections 90
intends to achieve a consulship 26
and marriage to Clodia 112
obliged to invite Catullus to dine with him 26, 27
political ambitions 75–6
refuses to grant demotion to Clodius 113
residence of 28, 30–1
tells the tale of the king of Suebi 43
Metellus Nepos 191, 274–5
Milo, Titus Annius 224, 240
Minerva 155, 158
miniature epic 147, 161
Minos, King 134–5, 243
Minotaur 135, 160
Mithridates VI Eupator
campaigns against 8–9, 10, 11, 12, 29, 34, 39, 133, 152, 234, 283
commits suicide 12, 273
golden statue of 39
lays waste to Greek Islands 135, 177
library of 146–7
western points of his kingdom 176
Mitylene, Greek theatre of 206
Molon, Apollonius 212
Monte Baldo 178
Mount El’brus 151
Mount Ida (Crete) 134
Mount Ida (Asia) 170, 173
Mount Pelion 155
Mucia (or Maecilia) 38, 94, 274–5
Muses 123
Mykonos 177
Mysian Olympus 137
myth of the Ages
Bronze Age 7–8, 156
Golden Age 7, 77, 156, 158–9, 164, 165, 236, 287
Heroic Age 8, 157, 159, 165, 192, 200, 201, 236
Iron Age 8, 157, 164, 193, 200, 226
Silver Age 7, 156
Naples 29
Naxos 135, 243
Nearer Spain 227
Nero, Emperor 183
Nicaea (modern Iznik) 137–8, 146
Nicomedes III 185
Nicomedes IV 12, 138, 139
Nicomedia 138
Normandy 215
North Africa 3, 53
Octavian (later Emperor Augustus) 240
Odysseus 177
Odyssey (Homer) 50, 146, 230
On Famous Men (Cornelius Nepos) 41
Ostia 171
Outstanding Generals of Foreign Peoples (Cornelius Nepos) 41
Ovid 5–6, 66, 84–5, 102, 133, 171, 207, 275, 295
Palestine 273
Palla 195, 292
Pandora 287
Paphlagonia 273
Parthenius 146, 147, 150, 161
Parthia, Parthians 227, 228, 233, 234, 237
Peleus 155–6, 158, 159, 160, 164, 238
Persian Empire 176
Pessinus 170
Pharsalus 238
Phasis river (River Rioni in Georgia) 152
Philip II 136
Philippics (Cicero) 240
Philomela 136
Phlegraean Fields 289
Phoenicia 273
Phrygia 169–70, 174
Pindar 150
Piso see Caesoninus, Lucius Calpurnius Piso
Pliny the Elder 291
Pliny the Younger 135, 140, 288
Plutarch 66
Po river 131–2
Po Valley 148, 242
Poems
Fragment I 136, 292
Fragment II 281
Poem no. 1 18, 43
Poem no. 2 62–3
Poem no. 3 109
Poem no. 4 176–7
Poem no. 5 4, 56, 70, 140
Poem no. 6 1, 82
Poem no. 7 71, 147–8
Poem no. 8 66, 74
Poem no. 9 186, 274
Poem no. 10 183–4
Poem no. 11 233–4, 235
Poem no. 12 187
Poem no. 13 43
Poem no. 14 49, 194
Poem no. 15 86–7
Poem no. 16 (‘I shall fuck you anally and orally’) 79, 80, 86
Poem no. 17 291
Poem no. 20 204
Poem no. 22 49
Poem no. 23 51, 86
Poem no. 25 188
Poem no. 26 86
Poem no. 27 40
Poem no. 28 174–5, 186
Poem no. 29 94, 215–16, 218
Poem no. 31 178–9, 181
Poem no. 32 69
Poem no. 33 83
Poem no. 36 49, 117, 118
Poem no. 37 207–8
Poem no. 39 186
Poem no. 40 87–8
Poem no. 41 213
Poem no. 42 44
Poem no. 43 213
Poem no. 44 229
Poem no. 45 235
Poem no. 46 175
Poem no. 47 186
Poem no. 48 85
Poem no. 49 30, 49, 231
Poem no. 50 44–5
Poem no. 51 32
Poem no. 53 232, 277
Poem no. 54 221
Poem no. 55 30, 206
Poem no. 56 47–8
Poem no. 57 218
Poem no. 58 201
Poem no. 59 107
Poem no. 61 45, 101, 150
Poem no. 62 (a wedding hymn) 101–2, 150, 241
Poem no. 63 (Attis and castration) 172–4
Poem no. 64 (‘Bedspread Poem�
��) 7, 8, 13, 15, 23, 41, 54, 55, 57, 73, 77, 89, 103, 105, 114, 121, 131, 135, 145, 150–65, 169, 173, 176, 189, 192, 199–200, 203, 223, 226, 235, 245–67, 290, 295
Poem no. 65 123, 127
Poem no. 66 125
Poem no. 67 (‘door’ poem) 16–17
Poem no. 68 (written for Manlius) 19, 66, 69, 74, 83–4, 123, 126–9, 283–4
Poem no. 69 (on Caelius Rufus) 196
Poem no. 70 102–3, 163
Poem no. 71 (on Caelius Rufus) 196
Poem no. 72 74, 110
Poem no. 75 201
Poem no. 76 80, 208–9
Poem no. 77 108
Poem no. 78 226
Poem no. 78b 83
Poem no. 79 113
Poem no. 80 225
Poem no. 82 74
Poem no. 83 94
Poem no. 84 91
Poem no. 85 (‘I hate and I love’) 6, 106
Poem no. 86 60, 279
Poem no. 87 76, 208
Poem no. 90 228
Poem no. 91 225
Poem no. 92 84
Poem no. 93 92
Poem no. 94 213
Poem no. 95 148
Poem no. 95b 55
Poem no. 96 149
Poem no. 99 85
Poem no. 100 51, 52
Poem no. 101 167
Poem no. 104 74
Poem no. 105 213
Poem no. 109 98–9
Poem no. 110 61
Poem no. 113 38–9
Poem no. 114 212
Poem no. 115 214
Pollio, Gaius Asinius 187, 289, 293
Pollux 207, 287
Pompeia (wife of Julius Caesar) 33, 94
Pompey the Great
agrees to demotion of Clodius 113
awaits arrival of first child with Julia 230
battles in the Senate 64
brother-in-law of Metellus Celer 20
builds Rome’s first stone theatre 205–7, 291
character of 10
and the civil war 232
files for divorce from his wife 38
given control over Bithynia 273
granted five-year command in Spain 205
greatness of 10–11, 38–40
head presented to Caesar 238
leads army in obliterating Mithridates’ forces 11, 12, 39
marries Caesar’s daughter Julia 94
mourns death of Julia and her baby 233
as politician 3, 93
proposes Caesar as governor of Transalpine Gaul 104
proud of his achievements in Bithynia 141
purchases a villa at Baiae 183
refuses to help Cicero 115–16
searches for ancient myths 152
shows mercy to captured pirates 39–40
strained relationship with Caesar and Crassus 204
supported by Metellus Nepos 274
supports return of Cicero 191
underestimates Clodius Pulcher 190
usurps Lucullus as commander 29
verse lampooning 218
Pontus 8, 12, 39, 214, 273
Pound, Ezra 179
Priapus 136
Procne 136
Prometheus 152, 157, 158, 159, 287
Prometheus Lyomenos (Aeschylus) 287
Propertius 5, 207
Propontis (Sea of Marmara) 136, 177
Protesilaos, myth of 67, 129
Ptolemy III Euergetes 124–5, 129, 283