The complete elegies of Sextus Propertius

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Author

Sextus Propertius

Contributions

Katz, Vincent, 1960- - Contributor

Publication

2004 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

130,000 words, Guess

Page Count

520 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL3689698M
ISBN-100691115818
OCLC Control Number52559262
Library of Congress Control Number2003057954
Goodreads505242

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LibraryThing237759

Classifications

DDC874/.01
LCCPA6645.E5 K355 2004

Description

"The Roman poet Propertius is best known as the writer who perfected the Latin love elegy, a technical as much as a psychological and cultural feat. Propertius has been admired for both his metrical genius and the modernity of his narrative flow." "Many of the poems here pay tribute to Cynthia, Propertius' romantic obsession, but the scope of these 107 elegies is broad. Propertius' poetry offers a look into life in the Augustan age, addressing social, political, and historical subjects. A contemporary of Vergil and Horace, Propertius has influenced scores of poets - from Ovid to Housman to Pound." "His poetry appears here for the first time in a dual-language edition with the translations facing the original Latin. Rendered into English by a poet who is also one of the nation's preeminent Propertius experts, the volume brings Propertius' difficult mix of vernacular and high literary allusion into contemporary language."--BOOK JACKET.