Clodia: A Sourcebookvolume 33

by Julia Dyson Hejduk

A striking portrait of one of the most fascinating women in Roman history

Noble and notorious, the flamboyant Clodia Metelli was the object of passion in poetry and prose in ancient Rome and appears in more written sources than any other woman of her day. Cicero, in a famous oration, branded her a whore yet in private correspondence mentions seeking her help. Her stormy affair with the poet Catullus--the Western world's first recorded romance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139072
• ISBN13: 9780806139074
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"