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 emotionsPage 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 CeyxPage 54
Ovid, Metamorphoses XI.415-29, 439-43
Love will not let the poet sleepPage 56
Petronius, fragment
