List of poems by Catullus

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This article lists the poems of Catullus and their various properties. The table is sortable by column, by clicking on the arrows at the top of each column.

The "Type" column is color-coded, with a green font indicating poems for or about friends, a magenta font marking his famous poems about his Lesbia, and a red font indicating invective poems.

In the adressee(s) column, Catullus' target is given for invective poems, whoever is the subject of the poem for miscellaneous poems, and the actual adressee(s) for Lesbia poems and poems for or about friends.


Poems of Catullus
Poem Text Meter # lines Type Themes Addressee(s)
1 Latin English hendecasyllabic 10 Friends Gifts to friends, poems Cornelius Nepos
2 Latin English hendecasyllabic 13 (10) Lesbia A young woman and her pet bird Lesbia's sparrow
2b Latin English hendecasyllabic 3 Lesbia Atalanta
3 Latin English hendecasyllabic 18 Lesbia Eulogy to the girlfriend's pet bird Orcus
4 Latin English iambic trimeter 27 Miscellaneous An old boat, once fast, entering retirement A little boat
5 Latin English hendecasyllabic 13 Lesbia Brief lives and many kisses Lesbia
6 Latin English hendecasyllabic 17 Friends Uncovering a friend's love life Flavius
7 Latin English hendecasyllabic 12 Lesbia Never growing tired of kissing Lesbia
8 Latin English choliambic verse 19 Lesbia Getting over getting dumped Himself
9 Latin English hendecasyllabic 11 Friends A friend's homecoming Veranius
10 Latin English hendecasyllabic 34 Invective Caught in a boast Varus' girlfriend
11 Latin English Sapphic stanza 24 Lesbia Dumping a promiscuous girlfriend Furius and Aurelius
12 Latin English hendecasyllabic 17 Invective Shaming a napkin thief Asinius Marrucinus
13 Latin English hendecasyllabic 14 Friends Partying on a friend's dime Fabullus
14 Latin English hendecasyllabic 23 Invective Despising pompous poetry Bad poets
14b Latin English hendecasyllabic 3 Miscellaneous Risqué poetry His readers
15 Latin English hendecasyllabic 19 Invective Hands off my boy-toy (cf. 21) Aurelius
16 Latin English hendecasyllabic 14 Invective Nasty reply to critics Aurelius and Furius
17 Latin English hendecasyllabic 26 Invective My friend, the utter dunce
21 Latin English hendecasyllabic 13 Invective Hands off my boy-toy (cf. 15) Aurelius
22 Latin English choliambic verse 21 Invective Everyone deceives themselves Suffenus
23 Latin English hendecasyllabic 27 Invective Nasty insults to whole family Furius
24 Latin English hendecasyllabic 10 Invective Don't give in to his seductions! Furius
25 Latin English hendecasyllabic 13 Invective Give me back my stuff, expressed beautifully Thallus
26 Latin English hendecasyllabic 5 Invective Losing the farm to debt Furius
27 Latin English hendecasyllabic 7 Miscellaneous Out with water, in with wine! His cupbearer
28 Latin English hendecasyllabic 15 Invective Screwed over by politicians Memmius
29 Latin English hendecasyllabic 25 Invective Waste of money by politicians Mamurra
30 Latin English greater Asclepiadean 12 Invective Boyfriends can't be trusted (cf. 70) Alfenus
31 Latin English choliambic verse 14 Miscellaneous A hymn to homecoming Sirmio
32 Latin English hendecasyllabic 11 Friends Really interested Ipsitilla
33 Latin English hendecasyllabic 8 Invective Father thief, son gigolo Vibennius, Sr. and Jr.
34 Latin English hendecasyllabic 24 Miscellaneous Hymn to Diana Diana
35 Latin English hendecasyllabic 18 Friends Please don't go His papyrus
36 Latin English hendecasyllabic 20 Lesbia Burning bad poetry to win love Annals of Volusius
37 Latin English hendecasyllabic 20 Lesbia Girlfriend left for richer men Egnatius
38 Latin English hendecasyllabic 8 Friends Why aren't you conforting me? Cornificius
39 Latin English hendecasyllabic 21 Invective Smiling hypocrite Egnatius
40 Latin English hendecasyllabic 8 Invective Threatening a romantic rival Ravidus
41 Latin English hendecasyllabic 8 Invective woman asking for money (political) Ameana
42 Latin English hendecasyllabic 24 Invective the effectiveness of politeness
43 Latin English hendecasyllabic 8 Invective Insulting Mamurra's girlfriend Ameana
44 Latin English choliambic verse 21 Invective Head colds and cold writing Sestius
45 Latin English hendecasyllabic 26 Friends Over-the-top love poem
46 Latin English hendecasyllabic 11 Miscellaneous the springtime urge to wander
47 Latin English hendecasyllabic 7 Invective unworthy become rich Porcius and Socration
48 Latin English hendecasyllabic 6 Friends Kissing Juventius
49 Latin English hendecasyllabic 7 Invective Praise (?) of a politician Cicero
50 Latin English hendecasyllabic 21 Friends Exchanging poetry between friends Calvus
51 Latin English Sapphic stanza 16 Lesbia The feeling of love; translation of Sappho Lesbia
52 Latin English hendecasyllabic 4 Invective Nonius
53 Latin English hendecasyllabic 5 Invective Vatinianus
54 Latin English hendecasyllabic 7 Invective Otho, Libo and Sufficio
55 Latin English hendecasyllabic 33 Friends Camerius
56 Latin English hendecasyllabic 7 Friends Cato
57 Latin English hendecasyllabic 10 Invective Julius Caesar and Mamurra
58 Latin English hendecasyllabic 5 Lesbia Caelius
58b Latin English hendecasyllabic 10 Friends Camerius
59 Latin English hendecasyllabic 5 Invective Rufa and Rufulus
60 Latin English choliambic verse 5 Invective
61 Latin English hendecasyllabic 231 Friends Junia and Manlius
62 Latin English hendecasyllabic 66 Miscellaneous Wedding guests
63 Latin English hendecasyllabic 93 Miscellaneous Attis
64 Latin English dactylic hexameter 408 Miscellaneous Mini-epic about the wedding of Peleus and Thetis Theseus, Ariadne, Peleus and Thetis
65 Latin English elegiac couplets 24 Friends Writing poetry after his brother's death Hortalus
66 Latin English hendecasyllabic 94 Miscellaneous translation of Callimachus Berenice
67 Latin English hendecasyllabic 48 Miscellaneous A door
68 Latin English elegiac couplets 160 Lesbia Manius
69 Latin English elegiac couplets 10 Invective Clean up your act! Rufus
70 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Lesbia Girlfriends can't be trusted (cf. 30)
71 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective
72 Latin English elegiac couplets 8 Lesbia Lesbia
73 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective
74 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective Gellius
75 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Lesbia Lesbia
76 Latin English elegiac couplets 26 Lesbia The gods
77 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective Rufus
78 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective Gallus
78b Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Invective
79 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Lesbia Lesbius
80 Latin English elegiac couplets 8 Invective Gellius
81 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Friends Juventius
82 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Friends Quintius
83 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Lesbia Lesbia's husband
84 Latin English elegiac couplets 12 Invective Arrius
85 Latin English elegiac couplets 2 Lesbia Inner turmoil
86 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Lesbia
87 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Lesbia Lesbia
88 Latin English elegiac couplets 8 Invective Gellius
89 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective Gellius
90 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective Gellius
91 Latin English elegiac couplets 10 Lesbia Gellius
92 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Lesbia
93 Latin English elegiac couplets 2 Invective Julius Caesar
94 Latin English elegiac couplets 2 Miscellaneous Cock
95 Latin English elegiac couplets 10 Invective Volusius
95b Latin English elegiac couplets 10 Miscellaneous Antimachus
96 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Friends Elegy Friends's lover Calvus
97 Latin English elegiac couplets 12 Invective Aemilius
98 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective Victius
99 Latin English elegiac couplets 16 Friends Juventius
100 Latin English elegiac couplets 8 Friends Caelius
101 Latin English elegiac couplets 10 Friends An elegy for a brother His brother
102 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Friends Cornelius Nepos
103 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Invective Silo
104 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Lesbia
105 Latin English elegiac couplets 2 Miscellaneous Cock
106 Latin English elegiac couplets 2 Miscellaneous
107 Latin English elegiac couplets 8 Lesbia Lesbia
108 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Invective Cominius
109 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Lesbia Life-long love Lesbia and the gods
110 Latin English elegiac couplets 8 Invective Aufilena
111 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Invective Aufilena
112 Latin English elegiac couplets 2 Invective Naso
113 Latin English elegiac couplets 4 Invective Maecilia
114 Latin English elegiac couplets 6 Miscellaneous Cock
115 Latin English elegiac couplets 8 Miscellaneous Cock
116 Latin English elegiac couplets 8 Invective Gellius