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Elegiae

by Albius Tibullus, Georg Luck, Sextus Propertius

1780 308 pages eng

Of all the Greek and Latin love poets, Propertius (c.50-10 BC) is one of those who perhaps holds most immediate appeal for the twentieth century reader. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cynthia forms the main subject of his poetry, and is analysed with a tormented but…

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