The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius
Author | : Sextus Propertius |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 2004-06-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 0691115826 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780691115825 |
Rating | : 4/5 (825 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius by : Sextus Propertius
Download or read book The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius written by Sextus Propertius and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-06 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Katz offers translations of all 107 known poems by the Augustan poet Sextus Propertius, a contemporary of Ovid. The translations keep as closely as possible to the original syntax, as Propertius' willful compressions & unusual tellings of myth are definitive of his poetics.