amor

A selection of eight short poems on the theme of amor (love) by the poets Catullus, Martial, Ovid, Horace and Petronius.

The Stories

How many kisses? Page 48

Catullus, Poem 7

Can she be faithful? Page 48

Catullus, Poem 109

Conflicting emotions Page 48

Catullus, Poem 85

Contradictions Page 50

Martial, Epigrams XII.46(47)

Ovid picks a favorite at the races Page 50

Ovid, Amores III.2.1-14

Pyrrha Page 52

Horace, Odes I.V

Alycone fears for her husband Ceyx Page 54

Ovid, Metamorphoses XI.415-29, 439-43

Love will not let the poet sleep Page 56

Petronius, fragment