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Elegies

Literature & Fiction

Propertius, Sextus

Gantillon, Peter John Francis

Literary

Franklin Classics

The passionate and dramatic elegies of Propertius gained him a reputation as one of Rome's finest love poets. Here he portrays the exciting, uneven course of his love affair with Cynthia and tells us much about his contemporaries and the society in which he lives, while in later poems he turns to mythological themes and the legends of early Rome. In this new edition of Propertius, G. P. Goold solves some longstanding questions of interpretation and gives us a faithful and stylish prose translation. His explanatory notes and glossary/index offer steady guidance and a wealth of information.  Born in Assisi about 50 BCE, Sextus Propertius moved as a young man to Rome, where he came into contact with a coterie of poets, including Virgil, Tibullus, Horace, and Ovid. Publication of his first book brought immediate recognition and the unwavering support of Maecenas, the influential patron of the Augustan poets. He died perhaps in his mid-thirties, leaving us four books of elegies that have attracted admirers throughout the ages.

Propertius Elegies (Latin Texts and Commentaries , Book 4)

Reference

Camps, W. A.

Connor, W. Pm.

Words, Language & Grammar

Ayer Co. Pub

The poems of Propertius;

<p>243p red hardback, dustjacket present but under adhesive film, light library markings only, pages clean, never used</p>

Poetry

Dent

243p red and black paperback with illustrated card cover, a slightly used copy, pages clean, very good

Propertius in Love: The Elegies

<p>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.</p>

History & Criticism

University of California Press

The Poems of Sextus Propertius

<p>About the Author\nSextus Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age.\n"Propertius is a poet of singular boldness and originality. It is, perhaps, fitting that he have a translator to match. . .. The results justify his approach. McCulloch has remained faithful to the essential content, development, and tone of his originals. At the same time, by refusing rigid adherence tot he syntax and vocabulary of each poem, he has allowed himself the freedom to endow his versions with all the force and expressiveness that he has at his command. These are considerable, for he is a gifted poet. His versions possess a rapidity and piquancy unusual in translations. Some of his turns of phrase are quite arresting. In short, his translations are also poems in their own right." --Classical World This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.\nFrom the Back Cover\n"Great poet though he is, Propertius (born c. 50 B.C.) has been relatively little read. His chief subjects are love, death, and Roman life. This. . . edition offers and excellent, readable, poetic translation." --Key Reporter "Attractive in an up-to-date idiom and topicality . . . judiciously balanced by polished elegance of phrase which does ample justice to the more sonorous and urbane areas of the original . . . he almost always captures the sustains our interest. His diction is more forthright, spare, unaffected, and modern in tone than any previous full-scale translation." --Time Higher Education Supplement</p>

Poems of Sextus Propertius

<p><div>"Propertius is a poet of singular boldness and originality. It is, perhaps, fitting that he have a translator to match. . .. The results justify his approach. McCulloch has remained faithful to the essential content, development, and tone of his originals. At the same time, by refusing rigid adherence tot he syntax and vocabulary of each poem, he has allowed himself the freedom to endow his versions with all the force and expressiveness that he has at his command. These are considerable, for he is a gifted poet. His versions possess a rapidity and piquancy unusual in translations. Some of his turns of phrase are quite arresting. In short, his translations are also poems in their own right." --Classical World</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.</div></p>

Elegies, I-IV (American Philological Association series of classical texts)

University of Oklahoma Press

Elegiae Selectae (1906)

Bonino, G. B.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

The Elegies of Propertius

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The Elegies Of Propertius (1870)

Kessinger Publishing

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Elegies

Propertius Elegies (Latin Texts and Commentaries , Book 4)

The poems of Propertius;

The poems of Propertius;

Propertius in Love: The Elegies

Poems of Sextus Propertius

The Poems of Sextus Propertius

Elegies, I-IV (American Philological Association series of classical texts)

Elegiae Selectae (1906)

The Elegies Of Propertius (1870)