person
Propertius
Roman elegiac poet, Ovid's contemporary, lover of 'Cynthia.'
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §3.17 Propertius
Roman elegist, Ovid's contemporary, singer of Cynthia.
- The Cure for Love §23 Cynthia alone
Propertius, the elegist whose whole 'work' was his mistress Cynthia.
- Sorrows §2.1 Propertius
The elegist of 'charming' love-precepts, unbranded by any mark; named just before Ovid in the succession of elegists.