E. T. Merrill describes the female figure of the poem as "an unknown woman, apparently a courtezan with whom Catullus has quarrelled, [who] refuses to return to him his tablets, and hence these verses are marshalled to enforce the demand."
E. T. Merrill describes the female figure of the poem as "an unknown woman, apparently a courtesan with whom Catullus has quarreled, [who] refuses to return his tablets, and hence these verses are marshalled to enforce the demand."