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He was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium (now Assisi) and died shortly after 15 BC. [1] Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of Elegies ( Elegiae ). He was a friend of the poets Gallus and Virgil and, with them, had as his patron Maecenas and, through Maecenas, the emperor Augustus.
Sextus Propertius was the greatest elegiac poet of ancient Rome. The first of his four books of elegies, published in 29 bce, is called Cynthia after its heroine (his mistress, whose real name was Hostia); it gained him entry into the literary circle centring on Maecenas.
Mar 3, 2012 · Propertius, The Elegies. A new complete downloadable English translation with hyperlinked index.
You’ve let the woman melt down my golden image, so she might have her dowry from my fierce pyre. Still, though you deserve it, I’ll not criticise you, Propertius, my reign has been a long one in your books.
Sextus Propertius, a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age, was born in Assisium (now Assisi) around 50–45 BC and died shortly after 15 BC. His main body of work consists of four books of Elegies (Elegiae), defining him as a major poet. Propertius’ life, primarily derived from his writings, suggests he was born into an affluent family in ...
Jun 22, 2024 · Roman elegiac poet, between 54 and 47 bc, at Asisium, where his family were local notables. His father died early, and the family property was diminished by Octavian's confiscations of 41–40 bc (see augustus; proscription)—not so diminished, however, that Propertius needed to earn a living.
Jun 6, 2004 · 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.
Propertius is a first-rate poet, but the manuscripts we have for him are less reliable than those for contemporaries like Virgil and Horace. It is sometimes hard to know where Propertius’s compressed and individual way with words stops and textual errors begin.
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.
Feb 26, 2020 · The introductory chapters on Propertius’s life, work, and reception give a concise yet magisterial picture of the main aspects of the poet’s art and personality. Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, U. von. 1913.
