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1st-century BC Roman elegiac poet
about Propertius outside of his own writing. His praenomen "Sextus" is mentioned by Aelius Donatus, a few manuscripts list him as "Sextus Propertius", but
Propertius
Species of butterfly
Erynnis propertius, commonly known as Propertius duskywing, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Propertius duskywings are members of
Erynnis_propertius
Most beautiful woman in Greek mythology
PMG. Gantz, pp. 289, 291. Ovid, Heroides, 16.149–152; Propertius, 3.14 * Cairns, Sextus Propertius, 421–422; Hughes, Helen of Troy, 60; Pomeroy, Spartan
Helen_of_Troy
Roman poet (43 BC – AD 17/18)
conventions of the elegiac genre developed by Tibullus and Propertius. Elegy originates with Propertius and Tibullus, but Ovid is an innovator in the genre.
Ovid
Poetic form used by Greek lyric poets
usually of smaller scale than the epic. Roman poets, particularly Catullus, Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid, adopted the same form in Latin many years later.
Elegiac_couplet
Poetic concept
compact than epic, could be even more beautiful and worthy of appreciation. Propertius linked him to his rival with the following well-known couplet: Callimachi
Elegiac
Daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius
for writers such as Propertius to expand on this detail and add themes of Tarpeia being unchaste, hence why she was greedy. Propertius’ account is considered
Tarpeia
Wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology
Stychus Propertius (2004). Complete Elegies of Propertius. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press.see Elegies 2.6; 2.9 and 3.12. Propertius was
Penelope
Roman god of the seasons
the Romans. Propertius, the major literary source for the god, also asserts that the god was Etruscan, and came from Volsinii. Propertius refers to a
Vertumnus
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
proscriptions. Augustan poets sometimes openly criticized the emperor, such as Propertius when he disapproved of the execution of prisoners during the Perusine
Augustus
Nephew of Roman emperor Augustus
at a young age, Marcellus' position led to his celebration by Sextus Propertius, as well as by Virgil in the Aeneid. Marcellus was born into the Claudii
Marcellus (nephew of Augustus)
Marcellus_(nephew_of_Augustus)
Town and administrative division in Italy
Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, born around 50–45 BC. It is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded
Assisi
Mythical son of Minos
the Minotaur. This continued until the Minotaur was killed by Theseus. Propertius in one of his elegies refers to a version in which Androgeus was brought
Androgeus_(son_of_Minos)
Period in Latin literature
literature periodized as "Augustan" was in fact written by men—Vergil, Horace, Propertius, Livy—whose careers were established during the triumviral years, before
Augustan literature (ancient Rome)
Augustan_literature_(ancient_Rome)
Daughter of Creon in Greek mythology
along with her father, who went to her rescue." Seneca, Medea 817 ff.; Propertius, Elegies 2.16.30 Hyginus, Fabulae 25 Apollodorus, 1.9.28 Apollodorus,
Creusa_(daughter_of_Creon)
Genus of butterflies
Metrocles hyboma (Plötz, 1886) Metrocles leucogaster Godman, 1900 Metrocles propertius Fabricius, 1793 Metrocles santarus (Bell, 1940) Metrocles schrottkyi (Giacomelli
Metrocles_(skipper)
27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
Elegy. University of California Press. pp. 21–25.; Johnson, W.R. (2012). "Propertius". A Companion to Roman Love Elegy. Blackwell. pp. 42–43.; James, Sharon
Roman_Empire
Son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology
of a 1st-century BC love elegy on the power of music by the Latin poet Propertius. Listed among the examples he mentions is that "Even Galatea, it's true
Polyphemus
Minor plebeian family at ancient Rome
Propertii was Sextus Propertius, a celebrated poet of the Augustan age. Many other Propertii are known from inscriptions. The poet Propertius wrote that he was
Propertia_gens
Mythical horse
went to the seer." According to the first-century BC Latin poet Sextus Propertius, "Arion spoke". And according to the fourth-century poet Quintus Smyrnaeus
Arion_(horse)
Remains left by an arthropod molting
use the singular noun exuvium (e.g.). Only a single historical work by Propertius uses the singular form exuvium, but in the meaning "spoils, booty". Anyphops
Exuviae
Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
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Byzantine_Empire
Roman poet and writer of elegies (c. 55–c. 19 BC)
the works of Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius, is still extant. Tibullus was first printed with Catullus, Propertius, and the Silvae of Statius by Vindelinus
Tibullus
Greek mythological boy from Boeotia
Greek elegiac poet Phanocles, as well as by Athenaeus and the Roman poet Propertius. According to the Byzantine author Stephanus of Byzantium, he is the son
Argynnus
Twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth
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Romulus_and_Remus
Church in Assisi, Italy
latter had been in turn erected above a Roman edifice, the so-called "Propertius' domus" or a temple dedicated to Apollo or, according to the tradition
Santa_Maria_Maggiore,_Assisi
Stages of human existence according to Greco-Roman mythology
flood of Deucalion. In constrast, in Eligies (circa 1st century BCE), Propertius equates the same flood with the end of the Golden Age. These mythological
Ages_of_Man
Greek mythological hero
ruthlessly slaying women and children. Other writers, such as Catullus, Propertius, and Ovid, represent a second strand of disparagement, with an emphasis
Achilles
Army officer in Imperial Rome
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Centurion
Loss of political control in antiquity
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire
Ship of the Argonauts in Greek myth
built in Thessaly around the area of Mount Pelion. The Roman poet Sextus Propertius, writing during the reign of Augustus, said it departed from the port
Argo
Country in Southern and Western Europe
historians, such as Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Virgil, Horace, Propertius, Ovid, and Livy. The Romans were famous for their oral tradition, poetry
Italy
Roman title
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Dux
Roman political advisor (d. 8 BCE)
not to enter the Senate, remaining of equestrian rank. Expressions in Propertius seem to imply that Maecenas had taken some part in the campaigns of Mutina
Gaius_Maecenas
1st-century-BC Roman poet
last eleven years of his life (29–19 BC), commissioned, according to Propertius, by Augustus. According to the tradition, Virgil travelled to the senatorial
Virgil
Masculine virtue in Ancient Rome
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Virtus
Mythological prince of Troy
who was then unable to help him otherwise and turned him into a cicada. Propertius wrote that Eos did not forsake Tithonus, old and aged as he was, and would
Tithonus
Chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom
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King_of_Rome
Set of names from Greek mythology
known by the name Creusa, predominantly in Latin authors, e.g. Seneca and Propertius. Hyginus uses both names interchangeably. In Cherubini's opera Medea she
Glauce
Ancient Greek poet
Hellenistic poets such as Callimachus and thus also on Roman poets such as Propertius, who even preferred him to Homer for his eloquence on love themes (see
Mimnermus
Hyginus, Fabulae Preface Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 3 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.542; Propertius, Elegies 2.26A.10 Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 2 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.190 ff
Leucothoe_(mythology)
Sexual attraction between members of the same sex
personal experiences in ancient authors such as Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius in their homoerotic poetry. The term "homoerotic" carries with it the
Homoeroticism
Technique of severe pruning of trees
the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. The practice has been
Pollarding
Greek mythological figure
Roman poets regularly used phrases such as "walls of Telegonus" (e.g. Propertius 2.32) or "Circaean walls" to refer to Tusculum. Ancient Greece portal
Telegonus_(son_of_Odysseus)
Roman noblewoman, second wife of Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder
consulship, her daughter Cornelia died and became the subject of an elegy by Propertius, in which Scribonia is mentioned. Nor have I wronged you, Scribonia, mother
Scribonia_(wife_of_Octavian)
Messenian prince and argonaut in Greek mythology
Baccchylides, Dithyrambs 6.1 Homer, Iliad 9.557, Apollodorus, 1.7.8; Propertius, Elegies 1.2; Pausanias, 4.2.7 & 5.18.2; Plutarch, Parallela minora 40;
Idas_(son_of_Aphareus)
Lake of Magnesia in ancient Thessaly
to have bathed her feet in its waters, which is perhaps the reason why Propertius speaks of sanctae Boebeidos undae. The lake was a long narrow piece of
Boebeis_Lake
Satire against women by Roman author Juvenal
seen in the poems of Catullus and Propertius: Peter Green explains: "'Cynthia' was the pseudonym which Propertius used to indicate his mistress Hostia
Satire_VI
1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher
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Lucretius
Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC
unflattering portrait of Cleopatra. The Augustan-period authors Virgil, Horace, Propertius, and Ovid perpetuated the negative views of Cleopatra approved by the
Cleopatra
Figure from Greek mythology
Clement of Alexandria, in Stephen of Byzantium (Kopai and Argunnos), and in Propertius, III with minor variations. The fortunes of Agamemnon have formed the
Agamemnon
3rd-century BCE Greek poet, scholar and librarian
of the late Republic and the early Empire. Catullus, Horace, Vergil, Propertius, and Ovid saw his poetry as one of their "principal model[s]" and engaged
Callimachus
Ancient Roman hairstyle accessory
Accounts from Propertius, a 1st-century BCE Roman love elegist, suggest that vittae were components of the bridal attire. In of his poems, Propertius depicts
Vittae
Several figures in Greek mythology
Actor, Belus and Dictys by Poseidon. She was called Perimede by both Propertius and Theocritus. By the Hellenistic period (c. 4th to 1st centuries BC)
Agamede
Roman lyric poet (65–8 BC)
contemporaries, Ovid and Propertius. Ovid followed his example in creating a completely natural style of expression in hexameter verse, and Propertius cheekily mimicked
Horace
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History of the Romans in Arabia
History_of_the_Romans_in_Arabia
Ancient writers on Roman history during the Republic
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Annalists
Praecilius Praeconius Prastinius Precius Priscius Procilius Proculeius Propertius Publicius Puccasius Publilius Pulfidius Pulfionius Pupius Pusonius Quartienus
List_of_Roman_nomina
Greek mythical character
represented riding on horseback. In some accounts, he was called Anogon. Propertius, Elegies 1.1 Pausanias, 2.22.5 Pausanias, 3.18.7 Apollodorus, 3.13.4 Apollodorus
Anaxias
Roman historian and politician (86–35 BC)
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Sallust
Roman term for a fortified military base
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Castra
Solar calendar
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Julian_calendar
Ancient stream in Greece that flowed from Mount Helicon into Lake Copais
apparently sacred to Apollo (patron deity of poets), is referred to in Propertius' poem (2.10.25-6) to Augustus, 'Nondum etenim Ascraeos norunt mea carmina
Permessus
16 BC Roman book by Ovid
model of the erotic elegy, as made famous by figures such as Tibullus or Propertius, but is often subversive and humorous with these tropes, exaggerating
Amores_(Ovid)
Theatre building built in ancient Roman times
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Roman_theatre_(structure)
River in Greece
Callimachus also place Charon on the Acheron. Roman poets, including Propertius, Ovid, and Statius, name the river as the Styx, perhaps following the
Acheron
Ferryman of Hades in Greek mythology
Callimachus also place Charon on the Acheron. Roman poets, including Propertius, Ovid, and Statius, name the river as the Styx, perhaps following the
Charon
Ancient Roman settlement administered by a prefect
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Praefectura (Roman settlement)
Praefectura_(Roman_settlement)
Ancient Greek mythical character
seeing a statue of Endymion in the treasury of Metapontines at Olympia. Propertius (Book 2, el. 15), Cicero's Tusculanae Quaestiones (Book 1), and Theocritus
Endymion_(mythology)
Poem of serious reflection, usually a lament for the dead
mourning include Catullus's Carmen 101, on his dead brother, and elegies by Propertius on his dead mistress Cynthia and a matriarch of the prominent Cornelian
Elegy
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Adoption_in_ancient_Rome
Lover of the Roman poet Catullus
names under an alias: Catullus's Lesbia: Clodia Ticida's Perilla: Metella Propertius' Cynthia: Hostia Tibullus' Delia: Plania Apuleius' information is thought
Lesbia
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2nd-century_Roman_domes
Roman goddess and personification of the continent Africa
She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae Sibylline Books Apuleius The Golden Ass Concepts and
Africa_(goddess)
English classicist and poet (1859–1936)
scholarly articles on Horace, Propertius, Ovid, Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles. He also completed an edition of Propertius, which however was rejected
A._E._Housman
Name list
association with Artemis. In Ancient Roman literature, 'Cynthia' is the name of Propertius' love. It has ranked among the 1,000 most used names for girls in the
Cynthia
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List_of_Roman_army_unit_types
Attitudes and behaviors towards sex in ancient Rome
letters peppered with gossip about Rome's elite; the Augustan elegists Propertius and Tibullus, who reveal social attitudes in describing love affairs with
Sexuality_in_ancient_Rome
Aspect of ancient Roman society
human sexuality Infamia Pederasty in Ancient Greece Petronius Arbiter Propertius Prostitution in ancient Greece Sexuality in ancient Rome Sexuality in
Prostitution_in_ancient_Rome
Categorization of poetry
needed], though he also claimed it was abundant in the poetry of Sextus Propertius (c.50BC-15BC). Pound, Ezra (1968). Literary Essays of Ezra Pound. New
Ezra Pound's Three Kinds of Poetry
Ezra_Pound's_Three_Kinds_of_Poetry
Giants from Greek myth
Cambridge University Press, 1988. ISBN 9780521335010. Propertius, The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius, translated by Vincent Katz, Princeton University
Giants_(Greek_mythology)
Poetry collections by William Butler Yeats
Hawk" "Memory" "Her Praise" "The People" "His Phoenix" "A Thought from Propertius" "Broken Dreams" "A Deep-sworn Vow" "Presences" "The Balloon of the Mind"
The_Wild_Swans_at_Coole
Folkloric bird of antiquity
feathers are an ingredient in a love potion, as has his contemporary Propertius. Medea's rejuvenating concoction which she boiled in a cauldron used a
Strix_(mythology)
Ancient Roman city on the site of modern Lyon, France
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Lugdunum
2nd-century Numidian Latin-language writer, rhetorician and philosopher
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Apuleius
Incident in Roman mythology
She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae Sibylline Books Apuleius The Golden Ass Concepts and
Rape_of_the_Sabine_women
Ancient Greek goddess of youth
Hebe to contrast with the poet's secret affair with a married woman. Propertius also makes a reference to Heracles feeling a blazing love for Hebe upon
Hebe_(mythology)
Set of guidelines and principles
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Roman_Constitution
polyctor tufted-skipper Pompeius pompeius — pompeius skipper Propertius propertius — propertius skipper Protesilaus protesilaus — great kite-swallowtail Punta
List_of_tautonyms
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 40 – 120s)
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Plutarch
Municipal unit in Greece
strong taste of Methymnaean wine is mentioned by Silius Italicus, and Propertius uses this as a point of reference when describing another Greek wine.
Mithymna
Roman civilisation from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD
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Ancient_Rome
Epistolary poem collection by Ovid
disclaiming O[vid]'s debt to Propertius' Arethusa (4.3) for the original idea." In spite of various interpretations of Propertius 4.3, consensus nevertheless
Heroides
Public readings of texts in ancient Rome
Arcadia and builds from there a poem in Latin meter. Horace, Virgil and Propertius were all famous authors of recitations. Some famous verses of the Odes
Recitationes
Daughter of Leucippus, mythical figure honored at Sparta
Roman Biography and Mythology Pausanias, 3.16.1 from the author of Cypria Propertius, Elegies 1.2 Apollodorus, 3.11.2 Pausanias, 2.22.5 Apollodorus, 3.11.2;
Phoebe (daughter of Leucippus)
Phoebe_(daughter_of_Leucippus)
Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
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Julius_Caesar
Wiseman, Remus, p. 39, citing Hellanicus of Lesbos. Including Livy, Vergil, Propertius and Ovid; Wiseman, Remus, p. 39. Wiseman, Remus, p. 40. Michael Lipka
Hercules_in_ancient_Rome
Lost sequel to the Odyssey
Ithaca for fear of the oracle. Cressman 1932:672 notes Horace, Ovid, Propertius and Statius. Inferno, Canto XXVI. According to Latin Notes Supplement
Telegony
1st-century Latin poet from Hispania
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Martial
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List of fiction set in ancient Rome
List_of_fiction_set_in_ancient_Rome
PROPERTIUS
PROPERTIUS
PROPERTIUS
PROPERTIUS
Boy/Male
Sikh
Lamp of a gem
Biblical
strength of God
Boy/Male
Muslim
Praising (God), Loving (God), Friend, Praiser, All-laudable
Girl/Female
Indian
Goddess Durga
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Graceful; Prosperous
Girl/Female
Muslim
Early morning breeze
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, LACY means "lace-like."Â
Girl/Female
English
Fruitful orchard, as Mount Carmel in Palestine.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Pretty; Linden Tree; Beautiful; Serpent
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Perfect and Love
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PROPERTIUS
PROPERTIUS
PROPERTIUS
PROPERTIUS