Propertius

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Propertius was a prominent Roman elegiac poet of the Augustan age, best known for his intensely personal love elegies.

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Propertius canonical 7
Sextus Propertius 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-language writer
Roman poet
ancient Roman person
elegiac poet
human
activeDuring Augustan age
approximateBirthDate c. 50 BCE
approximateDeathDate after 16 BCE
associatedWith Cynthia
birthCountry Roman Republic
birthPlace Assisi region
linked to: Umbria
birthRegion Umbria
contemporaryOf Augustus
Horace
Tibullus
Virgil
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
CynthiaDescribedAs poet’s beloved in the Elegies
ethnicGroup Roman
floruit late 1st century BCE
fullName Sextus Propertius
linked to: Propertius
genreGroup Roman love elegy
givenName Sextus
influenced Ovid
Renaissance humanists
later Latin elegists
influencedBy Callimachus
Catullus
Hellenistic poetry
languageOfExpression Latin
literaryCharacter Cynthia
literaryGenre elegy
love elegy
memberOf circle of Maecenas
notableWork Elegies
Monobiblos
linked to: Hexabiblos
numberOfBooksInElegies 4
occupation poet
patron Maecenas
primaryTheme Roman history and myth
erotic passion
infidelity
jealousy
love
poetry and poetic vocation
rankedAlongside Ovid
Tibullus
rankedAmong canonical Latin elegists
writingStyle complex syntax
dense mythological reference
highly allusive
intensely personal voice

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Ovid contemporaryOf Propertius
Callimachus influenced Propertius
Maecenas supportedArtist Propertius
Amores influencedBy Propertius
Catullus influenced Propertius
Propertius fullName Sextus Propertius
linked to: Propertius