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1	Propertius: Elegies: Book 1 more books like this by Sextus Propertius, W A Camps (Editor) add to wishlist Propertius, though his works are small in volume, is one of the foremost poets of the Augustan age, and his writing has a certain appeal to modern tastes (witness the admiration of Ezra Pound). Book I is especially suitable for the reader wanting a representative selection of Propertius' poetry. It stands on its own, having appeared in the first ... see all copies from $9.93! new only from $9.93! \| SVS
2	Sexti Properti Elegi more books like this by Sextus Propertius, S J Heyworth (Editor) add to wishlist Propertius is a poet of the Augustan period, a successor of the great Hellenistic elegiac poets Callimachus and Philitas, and a precursor of Ovid. His account of his fictionalized affair with his beloved alter ego Cynthia is the purest expression of the spirit of love elegy, setting them as a pair against war, epic and (apparently) Augustus ... see all copies from $24.94! new only from $34.97! \| SVS
3	Propertius in Love: The Elegies more books like this by Sextus Propertius, Mr. David R Slavitt (Translator), Matthew S Santirocco (Foreword by) add to wishlist These ardent, even obsessed, poems about erotic passion are amongst the best of Latin literature. Written by Propertius, who was born around 50 BC, a contemporary of Ovid, these elegies tell of Propertius' tormented relationship with a woman he calls "Cynthia". Their connection was sometimes blissful, more often agonizing, but as the poet came to ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
4	The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius more books like this by Sextus Propertius, Vincent Katz (Translator) add to wishlist The Roman poet, Propertius is best known as the writer who perfected the Latin love elegy, a technical as much as a psychological and cultural feat. Propertius has been admired for both his metrical genius and the modernity of his narrative flow. Many of the poems here pay tribute to Cynthia, Propertius's romantic obsession, but the scope of these ... see all copies from $17.80! new only from $20.00! \| SVS
5	Elegiae Elegiae more books like this by Sextus Propertius, G P Goold (Editor) add to wishlist 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. ... see all copies from $23.49! new only from $23.49!
6	The poems of Propertius more books like this by Propertius add to wishlist see all copies from $2.55! first editions \| SVS
7	Propertius: Elegies Book IV more books like this by Sextus Propertius, Gregory Hutchinson (Editor), P E Easterling (Editor) add to wishlist Up-to-date commentary, with introduction and new text, on this important work of Latin poetry. see all copies from $42.01! new only from $42.01!
8	The poems of Sextus Propertius more books like this by Sextus Propertius add to wishlist see all copies from $6.99! first editions \| SVS
9	The Poems of Sextus Propertius: Bilingual Edition by Sextus Propertius, J P McCulloch (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
10	Carmina more books like this by Propertius add to wishlist see all copies from $14.00! new only from $28.75!
11	Propertius: Elegies Book 4 more books like this by Propertius, W a Camps (Editor) add to wishlist In this edition of Propertius Book IV, Camps follows the general lines of his earlier edition of Book I (Cambridge, 1960). He has presented, without concealing difficulties and uncertainties, a fairly conservative but readable and coherent text, together with such annotation as may help the modern reader of Latin to understand the language and ... see all copies from $25.20! new only from $27.24! \| SVS
12	Propertius: The Poems more books like this by Sextus Propertius, W G Shepherd (Translator), Betty Radice (Introduction by) add to wishlist Eloquent translations of Propertius' passionate poems. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. see all copies from $3.62! new only from $23.94! \| SVS
13	Charm more books like this by Sextus Propertius, Vincent Katz (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.98! first editions
14	Propertius: Elegies Book I more books like this by R a Buttimore, Sextus Propertius, R I V Hodge (Editor) add to wishlist Propertius' celebration of his love for Cynthia broke new ground in Latin poetry: sensuous, passionate, witty, yet complex and allusive. The appeal of his 'Monobiblos' (Book I) is direct and immediate but his profound grasp of the violent and contradictory emotions of the relationship pushed his language into new areas and new forms. So he is a ... see all copies from $22.94! new only from $23.95! \| SVS
15	Elegies: Book IV more books like this by Sextus Propertius add to wishlist see all copies from $16.50!
16 view cover	The poems more books like this by Sextus Propertius, Albert Everett Watts add to wishlist Of all the Greek and Latin love poets, Propertius (c. 50-10 BC) is one of those who perhaps holds most immediate appeal for the twentieth century reader. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cynthia forms the main subject of his poetry, and is analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods - from ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
17	Elegiarum Libri IV more books like this by Sextus Propertius, Paolo Fedeli (Editor) add to wishlist Written primarily in Latin, 1994 edition. see all copies from $39.00! new only from $39.00!
18	Sextii Aurelii Propertii Carmina. Tomus VII by Sextius Aurelis Propertius add to wishlist see all copies from $15.99! new only from $15.99!
19 view cover	The Poems: Tr.fr.Latin G.Lee by Propertius, Oliver Lyne (Introduction by), Guy Lee (Translator) add to wishlist Of all the great classical love poets, Propertius (c. 50-10 BC) 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 analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods, from ecstasy to suicidal ... see all copies from $18.15! new only from $18.15!
20 view cover	Select Elegies of Propertius (1881) more books like this by Sextus Propertius, John Percival Postgate (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $27.28!
21 view cover	Propertius by Sextus Propertius add to wishlist see all copies from $9.76! new only from $9.76! \| SVS
22 view cover	Propertius: With an English Translation by Sextus Propertius add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $22.82!
23	The Elegies of Propertius more books like this by Sextus Propertius, Harold Edgeworth Butler, Eric Arthur Barber add to wishlist see all copies from $16.51! new only from $16.51! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Sex. Propertii Elegiae by Sextus Propertius add to wishlist see all copies from $14.17! new only from $14.17! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Elegies of Propertius: With Notes (1895) by Sextus Propertius, Peter John Francis Gantillon (Translator) add to wishlist With Metrical Versions Of Select Elegies By Nott And Elton. see all copies from $16.51! new only from $16.51! \| SVS

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