Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Praise
Dedication
Epigraph
Maps
Author’s Note
Timeline
Prologue
I: In search of Catullus
II: The house on the Palatine Hill
III: An elegant new little book
IV: Sparrow
V: The rumours of our elders
VI: The power of three
VII: I hate and I love
VIII: Farewell
IX: A sea of mackerel
X: Canvas
XI: The boxwood Argo
XII: Godly rumbling
XIII: The Roman stage
XIV: A flower on the edge of the meadow
Epilogue
Picture Section
Appendix: Poem 64 – Catullus’ Bedspread Poem
Note on Currency and Measures
Notes
Select Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Publisher
