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Elegies: With parallel Latin text
Tibullus
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Description for Elegies: With parallel Latin text
Paperback. Tibullus was one of the great Roman elegists, alongside Ovid and Propertius. His poems of love, addressed to his mistresses Delia and Nemesis and the boy Marathus portray idealism, anguish, and betrayal, newly translated into stylish English by A. M. Juster, with parallel Latin text, introduction, and notes by Tibullus scholar Robert Maltby. Translator(s): Juster, A. M. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
'Delia, when flames engulf my bier you'll weep for me, and then you'll mix your kisses with sad tears.' Tibullus (?55-18 BC) was one of a group of poets known as the Latin elegists, whose number included Ovid and Propertius. Living in the age of Augustus, his poems reflect Augustan ideals, but they are above all notable for their emphasis on the personal, and for their subject-matter, love. Tibullus' elegies are addressed to two different mistresses, Delia and Nemesis, and a boy, Marathus. His pious and idealistic love for Delia is replaced by a more tortured affair with ... Read more
'Delia, when flames engulf my bier you'll weep for me, and then you'll mix your kisses with sad tears.' Tibullus (?55-18 BC) was one of a group of poets known as the Latin elegists, whose number included Ovid and Propertius. Living in the age of Augustus, his poems reflect Augustan ideals, but they are above all notable for their emphasis on the personal, and for their subject-matter, love. Tibullus' elegies are addressed to two different mistresses, Delia and Nemesis, and a boy, Marathus. His pious and idealistic love for Delia is replaced by a more tortured affair with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199603312
SKU
V9780199603312
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About Tibullus
A. M. Juster is a poet and translator. His books include Longing for Laura (Birch Brook Press, 2001), The Secret Language of Women (University of Evansville Press, 2003), and Horace's Satires (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008). He has won the Richard Wilbur Award, and the Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award three times. Robert Maltby taught at Sheffield before moving to ... Read more
Reviews for Elegies: With parallel Latin text
Juster's translation reproduces Tibullus's verses in simple yet polished language, and it contains many creative and appealing turns of phrase.
The Classical Journal, Robert J. Ball
A.M Juster's verse translation is clear and helpful ... an excellent introduction and notes
Translation and Literature
It is difficult to believe that they could possibly be better rendered into ... Read more
The Classical Journal, Robert J. Ball
A.M Juster's verse translation is clear and helpful ... an excellent introduction and notes
Translation and Literature
It is difficult to believe that they could possibly be better rendered into ... Read more