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The work of the Latin elegiac poet Tibullus (c. 55-19 b.c.) is characterized by an artful, witty "simplicity," and it relies on repetition, ambiguity, irony, and paradox for its effect. His poetry appealed to his countrymen in his own time, as it still does to students today, and this textbook is designed to explain and enhance that appeal. The commentary presented here is limited to the sixteen poems which comprise the first two books of the corpus Tibullianum, that is, to poems authentically by Tibullus. The notes focus on the needs of students approaching Latin elegy for the first time,…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 1979University of Oklahoma Press · 222 pages · 9780806115603
- Other · English · 1973University of Oklahoma Press, in co-operation with the American Philological Association · 210 pages · 9780806110615
- Other · English · 1973University of Oklahoma Press · 9780585198255
Elegiac poetry, LatinHistory and criticismIn literatureLatin Elegiac poetryTibullus, albiusCriticism and interpretation