\u003cp\u003eThe erotic elegy of Propertius reveals the work of a consummate artist, one who deftly weaves public themes into the emotional experiences of a first-person narrator. The poems in this selection reflect an evolution from a private focus on erotic love to more public and political themes, charting a gradual if ambiguous accommodation to the interests of the Augustan regime. Compelling portraits of passion are entwined with varied features of Romeâs momentous historical transition from republic to empire: the trauma of recent civil wars, nostalgia for an irrecoverable past, the stirrings of social legislation, and the opulence of foreign luxuries from trade and conquest. Selections also display Propertiusâs innovative treatment of gender and the psychology of desire, and provide insight into the origins of Western attitudes toward erotic feeling. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBowditchâs commentary aims to make Propertian elegyâwith its challenging syntax, wide-ranging use of myth, and novel use of dictionâaccessible to more readers, and reveals Propertius as a poet who defined a uniquely Roman genre of literature. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial Features\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to Propertius, his style, and his elegyâs social and political context and its place within the genre\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e606 lines of unadapted Latin text of eleven complete Propertian elegies from all four volumes of his work: 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.10, 2.16, 2.31, 2.32, 3.3, 3.11, 4.8, 4.9 \u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes at the back and complete vocabulary\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo maps and five illustrations\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuggested reading\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/p\u003e
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