The complete elegies of Sextus Propertius /

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Propertius, Sextus
Other Authors:	Katz, Vincent, 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English Latin
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004], ©2004.
Series:	Lockert library of poetry in translation.
Subjects:	Elegiac poetry, Latin > Translations into English. Love poetry, Latin > Translations into English. Elegiac poetry, Latin. Love poetry, Latin. Translations.
Online Access:	Online Access Online Access Online Access
Summary:	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.
Local Note:	Inscribed on t.p.: “To Bob + Penelope two of the all-time greats love Vincent 15 August 2004.” Insert: pp. 280-281 handwritten letter, 8 1/10 x 10 7/10 inches, circa 70 words, to Bob + Pen from “[illegible name] Vincent [illegible name] + Oliver,” dated 15 August 2004. (Special Coll. copy) For insert see Ephemera 5005.