His poetry was in the style of the neoterics, consisting of sophisticated, short verses.
His poetry was in the style of the neoterics, consisting of sophisticated, short verses. He dedicated some of his later amorous poems to the Roman youth Juventis, and the first poem in his surviving manuscript dedicates the volume to fellow poet Cornelius. He composed a long poem entitled The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis, but is more famous for his love poems that speak of things like his mistress' sparrow. In such poems he composed the famous line "Odi et amo," or "I hate and I love." FTP, identify this Roman poet and lover of Lesbia.
His poetry was in the style of the neoterics, consisting of sophisticated, short verses.
Gaius Valerius {Catullus}