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What Greek poet did Catullus translate or adapt in one of his longer poems?
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Catullus
Catullus, bust in Sirmione, Italy.
In one of his longer poems, the Roman poet Catullus freely adapted the Lock of Berenice, a polished piece of court poetry originally written by the Alexandrian Greek poet Callimachus.12