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Subject(s)

• Tibullus—Translations into English [Browse]

Translator

• Juster, A. M., 1956- [Browse]

Writer of introduction

• Maltby, Robert [Browse]

Series

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Oxford World's Classics Series

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

Parallel Latin text and English translation.

Contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Introduction
• Note on the Text
• Translator's Note
• Select Bibliography
• A Chronology of Tibullus
• ELEGIES
• BOOK ONE
• Elegy 1
• Elegy 2
• Elegy 3
• Elegy 4
• Elegy 5
• Elegy 6
• Elegy 7
• Elegy 8
• Elegy 9
• Elegy 10
• BOOK TWO
• Explanatory Notes
• Textual Notes.

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ISBN

• 0-19-162224-9
• 0-19-181958-1

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