Propertius: Elegies, Book I

by Propertius and W A Camps:

vii 101p hardback with green dustjacket, light library markings from a London library, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, very good, probably never used

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Literature, Ancient

Hardcover

First published July 28, 1977

Reviews

[Emma Ann]

[UPDATE] Reread for comps. I liked it much better this time around—I don’t know why. Propertius, as a love elegist, is going for that same concise and deceptively-simple style as his precursor Catullus. This edition also has useful notes and commentary, although beginners/undergrads might wish for more grammar support.

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[DEC ’22] Non mihi placuit.

[James Carrigy · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10

Favourite Poems: Natural beauty, Cynthia's dangerous attractions, Further to i. 10, A house-door complains, It is not death he fears, The poet's birthplace and his loss.

Elegies for the horny and the dispossessed.

[Lucy]

Got bored, he really put his best poems at the beginning. Catullus is more fun

[Raven Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

i so do not need to cry over this! ……🥲