The complete elegies of Sextus Propertius /

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Vincent Katz offers translations of all 107 known poems by the Augustan poet Sextus Propertius, a contemporary of Ovid. The translations keep as closely as possible to the original syntax, as Propertius' willful compressions & unusual tellings of myth are definitive of his poetics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Propertius, Sextus
Otros Autores: Katz, Vincent, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Colección:Lockert library of poetry in translation.
Temas:
Propertius, Sextus. > Elegiae.
Elegiac poetry, Latin > Translations into English.
Love poetry, Latin > Translations into English.
Elegiac poetry, Latin.
Love poetry, Latin.
Poésie élégiaque latine > Traductions anglaises.
Poésie d'amour latine > Traductions anglaises.
Poésie élégiaque latine.
Poésie d'amour latine.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Ancient & Classical.
POETRY > Ancient & Classical.
Translations.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preserving the Metaphor: Translating Propertius / Vincent Katz
  • "Cynthia was the first. She caught me with her eyes"
  • "nude Love doesn't love artifice in beauty"
  • "although a pair commanded me, gripped with lust"
  • "Cynthia is tried by no curse more gravely / than when grace abandons her"
  • "she comes with a price"
  • "I wasn't born to praise or fighting"
  • "This is how my life's used up"
  • "Can your tender feet brave the frosts?"
  • "Rare Cynthia is mine!"
  • "I told you how love would be, and you laughed"
  • "not light is the medicine in my words"
  • "in the Bay of Naples no love is safe"
  • "Cynthia was the first, Cynthia will be the last"
  • "She will be punishment for the despised pain of all of them"
  • "I'll despise Alcinous' gifts"
  • "be whatever you want, just not alien"
  • "Once I was opened to great triumphs"
  • "God damn him! who first prepared ship and sail"
  • "let the rocks be full of your name"
  • "There, whatever I'll be, I'll always be called your image"
  • "You've been warned, Gallus: protect your love"
  • "Gallus ... / tried to escape unknown hands
  • but was not able"
  • "What class I am and from where"
  • "The girl alone erects my genius"
  • "Love got the better of me"
  • "You are the first Roman girl to recline at Jove's table"
  • "Let him like boys, if he will be my friend"
  • "this verse, Cynthia, will be your pallor"
  • "A wife never, never will a friend lead me astray"
  • "conquered nations are worth nothing in love"
  • "Are you going to die then, Propertius, still so young?"

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