Catullus 64 Catullus 64 Catullus 64 is an epyllion or "little epic" poem written by Latin poet Catullus. Catullus' longest poem, it retains his famed linguistic witticisms while employing an appropriately epic tone. Though ostensibly concerning itself with the marriage of Peleus and the sea-nymph Thetis (parents of the famed Greek hero Achilles), a sizeable portion of the poem's lines is devoted to the desertion of Ariadne by the legendary Theseus. Although the poem implies that Theseus and Ariadne were in love, in reality the text never explicitly states that Theseus even looked at Ariadne. Told through ecphrasis, or the depiction of
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys series. The success of the show also saw a number of similar ancient-set series being commissioned, such as "The Adventures of Sinbad", "Conan the Adventurer", "The New Adventures of Robin Hood", "BeastMaster", "", and "Jack of All Trades". A sci-fi series, "Cleopatra 2525", was also produced as a result of the series' influence. Thirteen years later, "Legend of the Seeker" was produced by the same team. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an American television series filmed in New Zealand, based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue). It