Arkins uses modern parallels to show that ancient Roman poet Catullus is timeless even beyond the defining constraints of the term classical. He identifies and explains the individual energy
that places Catullus in a different category for other poets who admired and imitated the Callimachean Hellenistic school. He looks at differences and similarities between the work of Catullus
and Yeats. Arkins is associate professor of classics at the National University of Ireland. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
