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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Propertius"”.
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Characters of Love: Propertius and Cynthia in 'Elegies' 1
… Monobiblos, the characterizations of Cynthia and Propertius develop in traceable trajectories. The goal of this thesis is to provide a close analysis of specific poems in Propertius’ Elegies that contribute to and shape the development of characterization in the first book, as well as to show how …
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Cerberus Amator: Underworld Imagery in the Elegies of Tibullus and Propertius
… of Cerberus in the Elegies of Tibullus and Propertius. My objective is to bring to light the imaginative and provocative way that both of these poets employ the imagery and history of Cerberus and by so doing to illustrate the way in which both poets present Cerberus as a depiction of the …
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The Return of Cynthia and The Structure of Propertius Book Iv (Latin, Elegy)
This dissertation argues that Propertius in Book IV of his elegies may have deliberately scuttled an elegantly symmetrical book-structure to meet the demands of context.
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The Augustan poets: their Master's voices? A study of the political views of Vergilius, Horatius and Propertius
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Varying Virtue : Mythological Paragons of Wifely Virtues in Roman Elegy
… usage of these five characters in the works of Propertius and Tibullus, and in the elegiac works of Ovid, with special reference to issues of narratology, intertextuality, and literary genre. The shaping of such mythological references is significant for our understanding of the elegiac genre as …
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Luxury as a theme in Latin love elegy
… literature. Following this, the elegies of Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid are analysed sequentially and in detail with respect to how these poems treat luxury. It is found that luxury in Latin Love Elegy retains the ambiguity associated with it outside erotic literature, and functions as a …
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The Night Witch: The Demonic and the Roman Witch
… such as Dipsas in Ovid’s Amores and Acanthis in Propertius’ Elegies, as well as epic figures such as Lucan’s Erictho in the Pharsalia, are informed by the Night Witch paradigm. Through close textual analysis of these various sources, I will illustrate how the concept of Night Witch permeated the …
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The Night Witch: The Demonic and the Roman Witch
… such as Dipsas in Ovid’s Amores and Acanthis in Propertius’ Elegies, as well as epic figures such as Lucan’s Erictho in the Pharsalia, are informed by the Night Witch paradigm. Through close textual analysis of these various sources, I will illustrate how the concept of Night Witch permeated the …
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The Ideal of Lucretia in Augustan Latin Poetry
… contemporary Augustan poets Vergil, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid. Other extant versions of the Lucretia legend do not mention woolworking; Livy appears to have added Lucretia’s devotion to wool, a tradition in keeping with Augustan propaganda. Woolworking has come to be thought of as a …
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The Poet at Work: Concepts of Authorship in the Ancient Reception of Virgil
… section focuses principally on poetic texts (Propertius, Calpurnius Siculus), and explores the pendulum-swing of attribution, as these poets attribute the allegorising move now to Virgil, now to their own creativity.
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Memory And Moderation: The Imperial Image Of Augustus And Its Perception Among Later Authors
… will examine the poetic recusationes of Horace, Propertius, and Ovid as evidence of their skepticism regarding the sincerity of Augustus' political refusals. </p> <p>The second chapter will examine Pliny the Younger's political career under the tyrannical reign of Domitian and his praise of …
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Women Without Faces: Exemplary Control in Ovid's Amores 2
A critical analysis of the second book of Roman poet Ovid’s work of erotic elegies, Amores. Through a close reading of several crucial poems in book 2 of this work (2.17, 2.4-5, 2.2-3, and 2.7-8) and the application of modern literary and gender theories, such as the idea of gender performativity …