The Poems

by Propertius

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Overview

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.

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Book details & editions

ISBN	0192835734
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	November 1999
Language	English
Pages	205 pages

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Propertius

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