卡图卢斯的《歌集》共辑录了113首诗(最初有116首，学术界已认定第18首、19首、20首不是卡图卢斯的作品，但仍沿袭原来的编号)。这些诗按编排顺序可划分为三部分。 第1—60首是一些短诗，采用了多种格律(所以被称为polymetricpoems)。这些诗抒情性很强，语言高度口语化，鲜活生动，许多都是欧洲文学史上的名作。 第61—68首是七首较长的诗。第61首和第62首是两首风格迥异的婚歌。第63首和第64首代表了卡图卢斯的最高成就，继承了古希腊的史诗风格和素材，却以自己独特的领悟颠覆了神话传统，反映出罗马共和国晚期动荡的精神气候。第65首和第68首奠定了古罗马哀歌体的基础。第66首则带有明显的泛希腊时期亚历山大诗歌的风味。 第69—116首都采用了哀歌双行体的格律，主要是爱情诗和讽刺诗。这一部分的爱情诗与第一部分的相比，抒情性较弱，分析性较强，不以情趣见长，而更具内敛的张力。

An uproarious and authoritative natural history in the form of letters to and answers from the preeminent sexpert in all creation, this bestselling guidebook to sex reveals, for example, when necrophilia is acceptable, how to have a virgin birth, and when to eat your lover. It also advises on more mundane matters-such as male pregnancy and the joys of a detachable penis. At once entertaining and wise, Dr. Tatiana (a.k.a. Olivia Judson) fuses natural history with advice to the lovelorn, blends wit and rigor, and reassures her anxious correspondents that although the acts they describe might sound appalling and unnatural, they are all perfectly normal-so long as you are not a human. In the process, she explains the science behind it all, from Darwin's theory of sexual selection to why sexual reproduction exists at all. By applying human standards to the natural world, in the end she reveals the wonders of both.