Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Tibullus’ life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Tibullus, in both English translation and the original Latin
* Concise introduction to the poetry
* Provides both verse (Theodore C. Williams) and prose (J. P. Postgate) translations of the elegies
* Includes Postgate’s celebrated translation from the Loeb Classical Library edition
* Excellent formatting of the poetry
* Easily locate the poems or works you want to read with individual contents tables
* Includes Tibullus’ spurious elegies, first time in digital print
* Provides a special dual English and Latin text, allowing readers to compare the elegies section by section – ideal for students
* Features two bonus biographical works – discover Tibullus’ ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Translations
PROSE TRANSLATION
VERSE TRANSLATION
The Latin Text
CONTENTS OF THE LATIN TEXT
The Dual Text
DUAL LATIN AND ENGLISH TEXT
The Biographies
THE ELEGIAC POETS by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
PROPERTIUS AND THE ELEGISTS by J. W. Mackail
