This poet wrote much of his work in hendecasyllabic verse, a meter he adopted for a poem written upon the death of his (*) mistress's sparrow.
This poet thanked the title deity for filling the farmer's cottage with crops and asked her to preserve the descendents of Romulus in his "Hymn to Diana." He discussed silent sepulchers in an elegy written on the death of Quintilia, one of a few addressed to his friend Calvus. This poet wrote much of his work in hendecasyllabic verse, a meter he adopted for a poem written upon the death of his (*) mistress's sparrow. One of his works asks for a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand after stating "let us live and love." This author was known for the crassness of his invectives and coined the term "ave atque vale" or "hail and farewell" in a poem written on the death of his brother. For 10 points, name this Roman poet famed for his love poems to Lesbia.
This poet thanked the title deity for filling the farmer's cottage with crops and asked her to preserve the descendents of Romulus in his "Hymn to Diana."
{Catullus}