The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius
Sextus Propertius. Princeton University Press, $64 (467pp) ISBN 978-0-691-11581-8
Perhaps more immediate than Ezra Pound's ""Homage..."" are The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius himself, in Latin and translated by veteran poet and translator Vincent Katz (Understanding Objects), who also provides an introduction. The Roman poet, who lived from 50 to 16 B.C.E, is here in all his suggestive glory (""The girl alone erects my genius""), articulating an empiric era that feels closer than ever.
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Reviewed on: 05/01/2004
Genre: Fiction
Open Ebook - 520 pages - 978-1-4008-8413-1
Paperback - 467 pages - 978-0-691-11582-5
