This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era.
Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister is the first full-length biography of a Roman aristocrat whose colorful life, as described by her contemporaries, has inspired numerous modern works of popular fiction, art, and poetry.
Purportedly issued from the poet's native city, Verona, to his Roman readership, the volume presents itself as a valedictory. This reading of the elegiac collection represents a major departure in Catullan studies.
Die kritische Diskussion übergeordneter Fragestellungen (z. B. des Problems des Autobiographischen) kommt bei beiden Berichten ebenso zur Geltung wie die Diskussion einzelner Gedichte.