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Title:Latin Elegy : An Anthology in Translation
Author:Edited & Translated, with an Introduction by Steven J Willett
ISBN:0872207668 : 9780872207660
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Published:Hackett Publishing - April 2009
List Price: 24.95 Pounds Sterling
Availability:Not yet published
Subjects:Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy


This collection, designed for use in a broad range of courses including Roman gender, sexuality, and elegy offers scrupulous new translations of Catullus, Tibullus, Sulpicia, Propertius (including the complete Monobiblos) and Ovid (with selections from the Amores, the Ars Amatoria, the Heroides, Tristia and Epistolae ex Ponto). An Introduction discusses the historical background of elegy, the rhythmic and stylistic function of elegiac distich, and introductions to the authors.