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Albius Tibullus (c. 55 BC – c. 19 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. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to him are of questionable origins.
By the time Tibullus wrote these poems, Delia (Tibullus's girlfriend in book 1) had disappeared, and another woman called Nemesis had taken her place. Tibullus says he has been in love with her for a year (2.5.119). She is named after Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution. Like Delia, Nemesis appears to have been a high-class courtesan.
Tibullus book 1 is the first of two books of poems by the Roman poet Tibullus (c. 56–c.19 BC). It contains ten poems written in Latin elegiac couplets, and is thought to have been published about 27 or 26 BC.
The Garland of Sulpicia, [1] also sometimes known as the Sulpicia cycle [2] or the Sulpicia-Cerinthus cycle, is a group of five Latin love poems written in elegiac couplets and included in volume 3 of the collected works of Tibullus (Tibullus 3.8–3.12 = Tibullus 4.2–4.6).
The Elegies to Delia of Albius Tibillus: 1985: Bits Press: Translation of the Latin poetry of Tibullus. The Agent: 1986: Doubleday: Novel co-authored with Bill Adler. [26] ISBN 0-385-23007-9. The Walls of Thebes: 1986: Louisiana State University Press: Poetry. ISBN 978-0-8071-1306-6. The Tristia of Ovid: 1986: Bellflower Press: Translation [6 ...
Homoerotic Latin literature includes the "Juventius" poems of Catullus, [253] elegies by Tibullus [254] and Propertius, [255] the second Eclogue of Vergil, and several poems by Horace. Lucretius addresses the love of boys in De rerum natura (4.1052–1056).
In the erotic elegies of Tibullus, the delicatus Marathus wears lavish and expensive clothing. [128] The beauty of the delicatus was measured by Apollonian standards, especially in regard to his long hair, which was supposed to be wavy, fair, and scented with perfume. [ 129 ]
Later in the 11th century, Ovid was the favourite poet of Abbot (and later Bishop) Baudry, who wrote imitation elegies to a nun – albeit about Platonic love. [36] Others used his poems to demonstrate allegories or moral lessons, such as the 1340 Ovid Moralisé which was translated with extensive commentary on the supposed moral meaning of the ...