[Gutenberg 237] • Sexti Properti Elegiarvm: Liber Primvs
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- Authors
- Propertius, Sextus
- Tags
- rome -- poetry , elegiac poetry , latin poetry , man-woman relationships -- poetry , love poetry , latin
- Date
- 2016-04-26T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.04 MB
- Lang
- la
Propertius is a poet of the Augustan period, a successor of the great Hellenistic elegiac poets Callimachus and Philitas, and a precursor of Ovid. His account of his fictionalized affair with his beloved alter ego Cynthia is the purest expression of the spirit of love elegy,setting them as a pair against war, epic and (apparently) Augustus himself. The treatment of their love is tender and at times delightfully macabre, in pursuing their love beyond the grave.