Author: Sextus Propertius
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520935845
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 315

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These ardent, even obsessed, poems about erotic passion are among the brightest jewels in the crown of Latin literature. Written by Propertius, Rome's greatest poet of love, who was born around 50 b.c., a contemporary of Ovid, these elegies tell of Propertius' tormented relationship with a woman he calls "Cynthia." Their connection was sometimes blissful, more often agonizing, but as the poet came to recognize, it went beyond pride or shame to become the defining event of his life. Whether or not it was Propertius' explicit intention, these elegies extend our ideas of desire, and of the human condition itself.

Author: Propertius
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521819571
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 4

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Up-to-date commentary, with introduction and new text, on this important work of Latin poetry.

Author: Sextus Propertius
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806134680
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : la
Pages : 510

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The Latin poet Propertius (ca. 50–16 B.C.) is considered by many to be the greatest elegiac poet of Rome. Long neglected because of the obscurity of his thought and the vagaries of his syntax, Propertius has now emerged as a writer of compelling originality and intellectual power. In this authoritative edition of Propertius’s elegies, L. Richardson, jr, makes these challenging poems both intelligible and accessible. For students of literature and history alike, Propertius offers insights into the intellectual world of Augustan Rome and Roman society. His perplexities and frustrations, his struggles with himself and with his domineering and capricious mistress Cynthia, and his exhilarations and depressions all strike a surprisingly familiar chord for the modern reader. Through an in-depth introduction and explanatory notes, Richardson strives to make the poems as readable as possible, at the same time examining the complexities and textual difficulties of the texts. Each elegy is accompanied by an introductory note providing a literary interpretation of the poem, followed by full and detailed commentary.

Author: Sextus Propertius
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elegiac poetry, Latin
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Ovid
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Parallel latin & English texts.

Author: Tibullus
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781512145168
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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"The Elegies of Tibullus" from Tibullus. Tibullus, latin poet and writer of elegies (55B.C.-19B.C.).

Author: Sextus Propertius
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elegiac poetry, Latin
Languages : la
Pages : 188

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Author: Propertius
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521125994
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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In this edition of Propertius Book IV, Camps follows the general lines of his earlier edition of Book I (Cambridge, 1960). He has presented, without concealing difficulties and uncertainties, a fairly conservative but readable and coherent text, together with such annotation as may help the modern reader of Latin to understand the language and follow the thought of this difficult, much disputed, but very rewarding poet. While the book may be of interest to students and amateurs of Latin in general, the editor has had in mind the particular needs of undergraduates and of sixth forms. The notes are weighted differently from those in Butler and Barber's edition of 1933 and the text of that edition and from the Oxford text of 1960. As far as we know, this is the poet's last work. He has moved away from his earlier preoccupation with the theme of love and the eleven careful elegies that compose the present book are on a variety of subjects. Most are concerned with Roman antiquities. The last is an elaborate and celebrated epitaph on a lady of Roman nobility. But perhaps the poems likely to appeal most to a modern reader are the two in which Propertius recalls and exhibits in a new light, the figure of Cynthia, the declared inspiration of the elegies of Book I.

Author: Thea S. Thorsen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107511747
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 455

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Latin love elegy is one of the most important poetic genres in the Augustan era, also known as the golden age of Roman literature. This volume brings together leading scholars from Australia, Europe and North America to present and explore the Greek and Roman backdrop for Latin love elegy, the individual Latin love elegists (both the canonical and the non-canonical), their poems and influence on writers in later times. The book is designed as an accessible introduction for the general reader interested in Latin love elegy and the history of love and lament in Western literature, as well as a collection of critically stimulating essays for students and scholars of Latin poetry and of the classical tradition.

Author: Sextus Propertius
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elegiac poetry, Latin
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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