num_pages: 205
description: Of all the great classic love poets, Propertius, alive around 50-10 BCE, is surely one of those with most immediate appeal for readers today. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cynthia forms the main subject of his poetry and is analyzed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods, from ecstasy to suicidal despair.
language: English
title: The Poems
titlecomplete: The Poems
genres: Mythology, Ancient, Literature, Poetry, Roman, Romance, Classics, Fiction, Ancient History, Classical Studies
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: Oxford University Press