Elegies
Subtitle: Propertius ; edited and translated by G.P. Goold.
Contributors: Goold, G. P.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Loeb classical library -- 18.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Elegiac poetry, Latin -- Translations into English.; Love poetry, Latin -- Translations into English.; Man-woman relationships -- Rome -- Poetry.; Elegiac poetry, Latin.; Literatura Latina
Genres: Translations into English.; Poetry.
Other titles: Elegies of Sextus Propertius.
Work titles: Elegiae.
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 long-standing 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 B.C., 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.
Notes: Half title: Elegies of Sextus Popertius.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-33) and index.