Part one of term paper
is one of the most lyrical of all the Greek authors. His works have been praised and today, are a standard by which poets try to mimic. Even though his works are often thought racy and not always appropriate, he is hailed as one if the greatest of the Greek love poets. The most famous of his works is a collection of poems he had written ...

Part two of term paper
... woman he refers to as Lesbia is one of the world’s famous passions. (Wheeler, pg. 93) The woman who he writes about is really a woman by the name of Clodia. Through what we know of and the times that scholars can gather from the time period in his poetry, it is assumed who the real woman is. This conclusion came from his poem #79, Lesbius est pulcer. In that poem he accuses Lesbia of incestuous relations with her brother, Lesbius. The name Pulcer is a pun on the real name of Clodia’s b ...