Elegies With Parallel Latin Text

Name: Elegies With Parallel Latin Text
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ISBN: 9780199603312

ISBN-10: 0199603316

ISBN-13: 9780199603312

Edition: 2012

Authors: Albius Tibullus, A. M. Juster, Robert Maltby

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'Delia, when flames engulf my bier you'll weep for me, and then you'll mix your kisses with sad tears.'Tibullus (?55-18 BC) was one of a group of poets known as the Latin elegists, whose number included Ovid and Propertius. Living in the age of Augustus, his poems reflect Augustan ideals, but they are above all notable for their emphasis on the personal, and for their subject-matter, love. Tibullus' elegies are addressed to two different mistresses, Delia and Nemesis, and a boy, Marathus. His pious and idealistic love for Delia is replaced by a more tortured affair with the cruel Nemesis,and the poet's elegies to Marathus give a broader perspective to his treatment of the subject. Anguish…

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List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 1/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286