"Catullus 2...inspired a whole genre of poems about lovers' pets, classic examples of which include Ovid's elegy on the death of his mistress Corinna's parrot and Martial's epigram on a lap dog. Birds were common love-gifts in the classical world, and it has been speculated that Lesbia’s sparrow was perhaps given to her by Catullus," fra: http://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_catullus_2.htmlArkiveret 26. oktober 2020 hos Wayback Machine
"Catullus 2...inspired a whole genre of poems about lovers' pets, classic examples of which include Ovid's elegy on the death of his mistress Corinna's parrot and Martial's epigram on a lap dog. Birds were common love-gifts in the classical world, and it has been speculated that Lesbia’s sparrow was perhaps given to her by Catullus," fra: http://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_catullus_2.htmlArkiveret 26. oktober 2020 hos Wayback Machine