One of this author's poems condemns a man who goes to parties and steals people's napkins, and another describes a voyage home on a boat that resembles a bean pod. This author addressed his town Sirmio as "the most pleasant of peninsulas," and asks for more kisses than grains of sand in the desert in another poem. He translated Callimachus's poem "The Lock of Berence," and this member of the Neote
One of this author's poems condemns a man who goes to parties and steals people's napkins, and another describes a voyage home on a boat that resembles a bean pod. This author addressed his town Sirmio as "the most pleasant of peninsulas," and asks for more kisses than grains of sand in the desert in another poem. He translated Callimachus's poem "The Lock of Berence," and this member of the Neoteric group dedicated his collection of poems called "nugae" to Cornelius Nepos. This figure's more famous poems include one about the death of his lover's sparrow, and one beginning "ave atque vale" on the death of his brother. For 10 points, name this Roman poet who wrote poems to Lesbia.
One of this author's poems condemns a man who goes to parties and steals people's napkins, and another describes a voyage home on a boat that resembles a bean pod.
Gaius Valerius Catullus