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 48Catullus, Poem 7
Can she be faithful?
Page 48Catullus, Poem 109
Conflicting emotions
Page 48Catullus, Poem 85
Contradictions
Page 50Martial, Epigrams XII.46(47)
Ovid picks a favorite at the races
Page 50Ovid, Amores III.2.1-14
Pyrrha Page 52
Horace, Odes I.V
Alycone fears for her husband Ceyx
Page 54Ovid, Metamorphoses XI.415-29, 439-43
Love will not let the poet sleep
Page 56Petronius, fragment