These ardent, even obsessed, poems about erotic passion are among the brightest jewels in the crown of Latin literature. Written by Propertius, Rome's greatest poet of love, who was born around 50 b.c., 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 recognize, it went beyond pride or shame to become the defining event of his life. Whether or not it was Propertius' explicit intention, these elegies extend our ideas of desire, and of the human condition itself.
- ISBN10 0520228782
- ISBN13 9780520228788
- Publish Date 3 June 2002 (first published 1 January 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 January 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 313
- Language English