A commentary on Propertius, Book 3 /
The most passionate, individual, and controversial of the Latin love elegists, properties in Book 3 covers a board range of subjects matter and a vast geographical reach. After books focused on his mistress Cynthia, he maintains his elegiac role but expands his range to provide a lover's commen...
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Oxford ; New York :
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2010
Oxford ; New York : 2010 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Propertius and Cynthia 1
- 2 The Historical Context 8
- 3 Propertius, 'Liber II' and the Augustan regime 19
- 4 Book 3 26
- 5 Metre, Scansion, and Versification 33
- 6 Text and Transmission 44
- 7 Glossary 50
- 8 Paraphrase, Bibliography, Images, and Maps 54
- Map 1 Italy 56
- Map 2 Greece 57
- Map 3 The Eastern Mediterranean 58
- Map 4a The Bay of Naples 59
- Map 4b The Eastern Aegean and Western Asia Minor 59