Propertius

Ancora sul nuovo Posidippo e la poesia latina: Il 'freddo letto'

by Enrico Magnelli

"ZPE" 140, 2002, 15-16

Propertius, 4.7.5-6 probably owes something to Posidipp. 55.6 A.-B. Propertius, 4.7.5-6 probably owes something to Posidipp. 55.6 A.-B.

A beleza da nudez e a sacralização do amor: uma leitura de Propércio, II, 15

by Pedro Schmidt

Review of Properzio, Il libro terzo delle Elegie, Introduzione testo e commento di P. Fedeli, Bari 1985

by Giuseppe Aricò

Bollettino di studi latini 16, 1986, pp. 114-116

Propertius, Hercules, and the Dynamics of Roman Mythic Space in Elegy 4.9

by Diana Spencer

(2001), Arethusa 34.3: 259-84

Aitiologie des Triumphes : Die Hymnen von Kallimachos und Properz 4.6 in H. Krasser, D. Pausch, I. Petrovic (eds.), Triplici invectus triumpho – Der römische Triumph in augusteischer Zeit, Stuttgart 2008, 191-208.

by ivana petrovic

In the Mood: Prop. 2. 26. 1-3

by Holt Parker

"In the Mood: Prop. 2. 26. 1-3," Mnemosyne 45 (1992) 92-95. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4432114

The Fertile Fields of Umbria: Prop. 1.22. 10

by Holt Parker

"The Fertile Fields of Umbria: Propertius 1. 22. 10," Mnemosyne 45 (1992) 88-92.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4432113

Non infra specie, non nomine dispar: the Hylas of Cornelius Gallus (in Dutch)

by Mark Heerink

Lampas 40.1 (2007), 53-72.

In elegy 1.20 Propertius tells the story of Hercules and Hylas to warn his addressee, a certain Gallus, to keep his... more In elegy 1.20 Propertius tells the story of Hercules and Hylas to warn his addressee, a certain Gallus, to keep his love safe from rivals. Otherwise he will end up like Hercules, whose Hylas was abducted by nymphs. Many scholars think that the Gallus figure evokes the Roman elegist Cornelius Gallus, of whose poetry only a few lines survive. Recently Petrain (2000) has tried to show that Cornelius Gallus wrote a (now completely lost) elegy about Hylas and that Propertius plays a literary game with his predecessor’s poem. I will argue, however, that the relationship between the two poems is rather different from what Petrain thinks, and I propose a reading of 1.20 that, to my opinion, solves a few persistent interpretative problems concerning Propertius’ famous poem.

Going a step further: Valerius Flaccus' metapoetical reading of Propertius' Hylas.

by Mark Heerink

Classical Quarterly 57.2 (2007), 606-20.

I would like to show through a few examples that in his Hylas episode Valerius has carefully read and interpreted... more I would like to show through a few examples that in his Hylas episode Valerius has carefully read and interpreted Propertius 1.20 in a way that bears close resemblance to modern readings of Latin poetry. In addition I hope to show that Valerius also provides us with an interesting new interpretation of Propertius 1.20.

'Iamus and Narcissus In the "Domus Musae" '

by Anthony Bulloch

published in 'Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik' 156 (2006) 135-140

On two of the Greek inscriptions that accompanied wall-paintings in the 'House of the Muse' (the 'House of... more On two of the Greek inscriptions that accompanied wall-paintings in the 'House of the Muse' (the 'House of Propertius') found in an Augustan house in Assisi under the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Iamus and Narcissus; observations on metrics and language and the themes of the paintings.

Vergil, Propertius and the Euphrates

by Johan Steenkamp

Akroterion 55 (2010) 61-74

It is now well known that Vergil exploited this twofold nature of the symbol of the Euphrates masterfully. On the one... more It is now well known that Vergil exploited this twofold nature of the symbol of the Euphrates masterfully. On the one hand he uses it to refer back to Callimachus and in doing so to state his own views on poetry; on the other hand he invokes the famous river of the East to explain how events there impacts on Rome, her new princeps and ultimately his own capacity to write poetry. Propertius, too, was not insensitive to the possibilities afforded by the symbol of the Euphrates and, having Vergil as an example, could exploit the symbol in much the same way as the illustrious poet. This paper is
primarily concerned with how Propertius uses the symbol of the Euphrates to speak about his own poetry and the socio-political circumstances in which he wrote.

Cynthia Serpens: A Reading of Propertius 4.8

by Daniel Walin

Classical Journal 105 (2009/10), 137-51.

A pattern of shared imagery in Prop. 4.8 assimilates the lover to the puella whose chastity is tested in the Lanuvian... more A pattern of shared imagery in Prop. 4.8 assimilates the lover to the puella whose chastity is tested in the Lanuvian rite (4.8.3–14), and Cynthia to the masculine tutelary serpent that does the testing. The figure emphasizes the gender reversals in the poem and heroizes Cynthia, whom the poet has “resurrected” for a final appearance from her death in 4.7.