num_pages: 464
description:  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.Contains Book 1 through 4.
language: English
title: Elegies
titlecomplete: Elegies
genres: Fiction, Classics, Ancient, Classical Studies, Ancient History, Roman, Mythology, Romance, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 634
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: J. P. McCullough, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: ALTA National Translation Award, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Prêmio Literário Biblioteca Nacional
category: TRADUÇÃO - Prêmio Paulo Rónai
publisher: Harvard University Press