The Latin poet Propertius (ca.
Each elegy is accompanied by an introductory note providing a literary interpretation of the poem, followed by full and detailed commentary..
Through an in-depth introduction and explanatory notes, Richardson strives to make the poems as readable as possible, at the same time examining the complexities and textual difficulties of the texts.
His perplexities and frustrations, his struggles with himself and with his domineering and capricious mistress Cynthia, and his exhilarations and depressions all strike a surprisingly familiar chord for the modern reader.
For students of literature and history alike, Propertius offers insights into the intellectual world of Augustan Rome and Roman society.
Richardson, jr, makes these challenging poems both intelligible and accessible.
In this authoritative edition of Propertius\'s elegies, L.
Long neglected because of the obscurity of his thought and the vagaries of his syntax, Propertius has now emerged as a writer of compelling originality and intellectual power. 50-16 B.
C.) is considered by many to be the greatest elegiac poet of Rome.
The Latin poet Propertius (ca
