He accused Thallus of having a "slack penis mouldy with spider-webs" in a poem demanding the return of borrowed items, wrote a sixteen-line diatribe to Asinius Marrucinus called "Stop Stealing the Nap
He accused Thallus of having a "slack penis mouldy with spider-webs" in a poem demanding the return of borrowed items, wrote a sixteen-line diatribe to Asinius Marrucinus called "Stop Stealing the Napkins!", and threatened to repeatedly rape Aurelius and Furius for calling his poems too explicit. He departed from his usual short verses to write the miniature epic Lament of Atthis on the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, and his serious works include "Through many foreign lands and over many seas" which concludes "Hail and farewell, brother." For ten points, name this Verona-born Latin lyricist who was concerned with his "sparrow" and used Clodia as the model for the figure Lesbia.
He accused Thallus of having a "slack penis mouldy with spider-webs" in a poem demanding the return of borrowed items, wrote a sixteen-line diatribe to Asinius Marrucinus called "Stop Stealing the Napkins!", and threatened to repeatedly rape Aurelius and Furius for calling his poems too explicit.
Gaius Valerius Maximianus Catullus