Propertius

Also known as Sextus Propertius, Sextus Aurelius Propertius

thumb|Auguste Vinchon, Propertius and Cynthia at Tivoli

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Sextus Propertius was a male poet and writer from Ancient Rome. He was born in Assisi in 47 BCE and died in Rome in 16 BCE. His works were written in Latin.

He is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. Various databases list his works, with counts ranging from 5 to 132. His writings have been referenced by other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born: ca. 47 BC
Died: 15 BC
Works: 132

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 6
Total plays: 18

Sextus Aurelius Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet who was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium) and died shortly after 15 BC.[1] Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of Elegies. He was friends with the poets Gallus and Virgil, and had with them as his patron Maecenas, and through Maecenas, the emperor Augustus. Life Very little information is known about Propertius outside of his own writing. His praenomen "Sextus" is mentioned by Aelius Donatus a few manuscripts list him as "Sextus

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Elegies
· 1990 · cited 23x
Propertius: Elegies
· 1961 · cited 5x
Oxford Classical Texts: Sexti Properti Elegi
· 2007 · cited 2x
Elegiarum libri IV
· 2006 · cited 2x
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· 2007 · cited 1x

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Quotes

“Neque assueto mutet amore torum.”
“Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,Enumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves.”
“Qua pote quisque, in ea conterat arte diem.”
“Aut patrio qualis ponit vestigia pontoMille Venus teneris cincta Cupidinibus.”
“Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certeLaus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.”
“Quicumque ille fuit, puerum qui pinxit Amoremnonne putas miras hunc habuisse manus?is primum vidit sine sensu vivere amantes”