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Single names — “Apollo,” “Venus,” “Sappho,” “Catullus” — evoke entire mythologies, whole bodies of literature.

The entry for Catullus, several of whose poems I could recite from memory in Latin, read: "The greatest lyric poet of Rome."

Here's some advice from the Roman poet, Catullus, who says to his nemesis:

Expect references to Catullus, Eros, Venus, Utamaro and Zeus, alongside spotted hyenas, the ornate bell moth, sloths, slime molds, cheetahs and a great many more.

Another of Susan’s sons was studying Latin in high school, so the male was named after the Roman poet Catullus.