Gerión (Oct 2007)

El mundo amoroso de Catulo y de la Roma de finales de la República

  • José María Blázquez Martínez

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The poet Catullus decribes the love affaires of a Roman high society woman, Lesbia, the Clodia, sister of the deputy of Caesar. Lesbia was a married woman, elegantly and rich. She had many lovers at the same time. Catullus tells us the viciousness of life in Rome at the end of the Roman Republic.

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