Dead White Poets Society by WinchellV

Question 4

In a mock-dirge, the Roman poet Catullus urges the gods of love (veneres cupidinesque) to weep for the death of his lover's pet. EITHER give the nickname of Catullus' beloved (whose name does not appear in this excerpt), OR tell what kind of pet (given by the Latin word 'passer') has died.

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Lesbia, or a sparrow

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