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Tibullus

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Also known as Albius Tibullus, Tibullus Albius

thumb|300px|Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ''Tibullus at Delia's''

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Tibullus, also known as Albius Tibullus, was a male poet from Ancient Rome. Born in Gabii, he belonged to the Albia gens and wrote in Latin. His date of birth is variously cited as 50 BCE, 55 BCE, or 54 BCE, while his death in Rome is recorded as occurring in 15 BCE, 19 BCE, 18 BCE, or 17 BCE. He is noted for his non-heterosexual orientation.

His literary output includes works such as *Catulle, Tibulle et Properce* and *Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius*. Various sources list differing counts of his works, with figures ranging from 5 to 108. He has been described in reference texts including the *Nordisk familjebok* and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
108

Top works

  • Catulle, Tibulle et Properce
  • Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius
  • Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius
  • Catulli, Tibulli, Propertii, et Cornelii Galli opera
  • C. Valerii Catulli, Albii Tibulli, Sex. Aurelii Propertii carmina

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3
Total plays
24

Tibullus's chief friend and patron was Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, himself an orator and poet as well as a statesman and a commander. Messalla, like Gaius Maecenas, was at the centre of a literary circle in Rome. This circle had no relationship with the court, and the name of Augustus is found nowhere in the writings of Tibullus. About 30 BC Messalla was dispatched by Augustus to Gaul to quell a rising in Aquitania and restore order in the country, and Tibullus may have been in his retinu

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Elegies

    · 2012 · cited 3x

  2. Elegies

    · 1994 · cited 3x

  3. Elegies

    · 1913 · cited 2x

  4. 1

    · 1994 · cited 2x

  5. 5

    · 1994 · cited 1x

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Quotes

  • Te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora,Et teneam moriens deficiente manu.
  • Audendum est: fortes adiuvat ipsa Venus.
  • Nec iurare time: veneris periuria ventiinrita per terras et freta summa ferunt.gratia magna Iovi: vetuit Pater ipse valere,iurasset cupide quidquid ineptus amor.
  • Te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres,arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Iovi.
  • Quis fuit, horrendos primus qui protulit enses?quam ferus et vere ferreus ille fuit!
  • Atque aliquis senior veteres veneratus amoresannua constructo serta dabit tumulo,et "bene" discedens dicet "placideque quiescas,terraque securae sit super ossa levis."

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Works in European collections

35 objects attributed to Tibullus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • Life
  • Horace and Tibullus
  • First book of poetry
  • The Marathus cycle
  • Second book of poetry
  • Third book of poetry
  • Lygdamus elegies
  • ''Panegyricus Messallae''
  • Garland of Sulpicia
  • Sulpicia epigrams
  • Poem 3.19
  • Poem 3.20
  • Epitaph
  • Style of writing
  • The ''Vita Tibulli''
  • Manuscripts
  • Editions
  • Critiques
  • References
  • Citations
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|300px|Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ''Tibullus at Delia's

Albius Tibullus ( BC BC) was a Latin poet and writer of elegies. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to him are of questionable origins.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tibullus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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