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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
Genus of butterflies
Metrocles hyboma (Plötz, 1886) Metrocles leucogaster Godman, 1900 Metrocles propertius Fabricius, 1793 Metrocles santarus (Bell, 1940) Metrocles schrottkyi (Giacomelli
Metrocles_(skipper)
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
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 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
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
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)
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
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
Minor plebeian family at ancient Rome
Titus Propertius, grandfather of Gaius Propertius Postumus, the proconsul. Quintus Propertius T. f., father of the proconsul Gaius Propertius Postumus
Propertia_gens
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
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
Ancient Greek mythological location
Odyssey ix. 32 Virgil, Aeneid iii. 386 quid petis Aeaei moenia Telegoni?, Propertius 2.32.4 Pomp. Mela, ii. 7 Propert. iii. 10." 81 Claire Messud (May 28,
Aeaea
Band of heroes in Greek mythology
Fabulae 14.2 Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1213 with scholia on 1.1207; Propertius, Elegies 1.20.6 Hyginus, Fabulae 14 Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica
Argonauts
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
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
Daughter of Creon in Greek mythology
& Meaning". etymonline. Retrieved 2026-07-28. Seneca, Medea 817 ff.; Propertius, Elegies 2.16.30 "Homer, Iliad, Book 18, line 22". www.perseus.tufts.edu
Creusa_(daughter_of_Creon)
Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Byzantine_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
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
Body of myths originating in ancient Greece
She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae Sibylline Books Apuleius The Golden Ass Concepts and
Greek_mythology
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
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
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)
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
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
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 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)
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
Person from Greek mythology
1. 42; 5. 2. 76 Ovid, Tristia 3.1.42 & 5.2.76; Propertius, Elegies 4(3).10 (11).69 Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles
Leucadius
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
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
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
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)
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
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 40 – 120s)
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Plutarch
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
Ancient Roman city on the site of modern Lyon, France
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Lugdunum
Ancient Roman open-air venues
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Roman_amphitheatre
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)
Princess in ancient Greek mythology
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;
Hilaeira
Chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
King_of_Rome
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)
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
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
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)
Roman poet (c. 84 – c. 54 BC)
the genre of Roman Erotic Elegy as later developed by Gallus, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid. The polymetra and the epigrams can be divided into four major
Catullus
Greek goddess of spring and the queen of the underworld
Mythology". Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-18636-0. Heslin, Peter (2018). Propertius, Greek Myth, and Virgil: Rivalry, allegory, and polemic. Oxford, Oxford
Persephone
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
Masculine virtue in Ancient Rome
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Virtus
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)
Twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Romulus_and_Remus
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
Roman title
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Dux
Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Julius_Caesar
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
2nd-century_Roman_domes
Political institution in ancient Rome
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Roman_Senate
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
Army officer in Imperial Rome
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Centurion
Roman fort in Brough, Cumbria, England
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Verterae
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
List_of_Roman_army_unit_types
Ancient Roman novel by Apuleius
She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae Sibylline Books Apuleius The Golden Ass Concepts and
The_Golden_Ass
Ancient writers on Roman history during the Republic
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Annalists
Study of classical antiquity
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Classics
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
there really was a poet called Anser and that it was a genuine name. Propertius (2.34.83–84), in a passage apparently imitating the lines from Eclogue
Anser_(poet)
Greek mythological giant
depicting a singular vulture; Ovid and Seneca vary from work to work; Propertius and Statius depict more than one vulture. The traveler Pausanias (2nd
Tityos
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
Religious schools of the Greco-Roman world
She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae Sibylline Books Apuleius The Golden Ass Concepts and
Greco-Roman_mysteries
Roman republican magistrate charged with city maintenance and order
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Aedile
Divine hero in Greek mythology
250 BCE) Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.19, 2.7.7 (140 BCE) Sextus Propertius, Elegies, i.20.17ff (50–15 BCE) Ovid, Metamorphoses (8 CE) Ovid, Ibis
Heracles
Ancient Greek mythological figures
authority Pausanias, 8.24.8 Hyginus, Fabulae 245 Hyginus, Fabulae 244 Propertius, Elegies 1.15.23 Apollodorus, 3.7.5 Scholia ad Nekuia 3F33 with Pherecydes
Alphesiboea
Greek mythical figure
Lycophron alludes to Phoenix, and his blinding by his father, and the poet Propertius, mentions Chiron restoring Phoenix's sight. Lycophron also connects Phoenix
Phoenix_(son_of_Amyntor)
1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Lucretius
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
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
Inner chamber of Ancient Greek or Roman temples
She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae Sibylline Books Apuleius The Golden Ass Concepts and
Cella
Chinese term for the Roman Empire
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Daqin
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
History of the Romans in Arabia
History_of_the_Romans_in_Arabia
British scholar and poet (1918–2005)
particularly notable as a Latinist for his work on the Roman poets Ovid, Propertius, and Catullus; he also translated Virgil's Eclogues, Tibullus, and Persius
Guy_Lee
Multi-headed dog in Greek mythology
(I pp. 396–397), ("threefold"), 2.53 (I pp. 398–399) ("tri-formed"); Propertius, Elegies 3.5.44 (pp. 234–237) ("three throats"), 3.18.23 (pp. 284–285)
Cerberus
Latin inscription on funerary items
phrase "underwent all kinds of variations", especially in Latin poets like Propertius, Ovid, Martial, and Persius; although some minor variants like Sit Ei
Sit_tibi_terra_levis
Ancient Roman settlement administered by a prefect
Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder
Praefectura (Roman settlement)
Praefectura_(Roman_settlement)
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
Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles
Castor. He went on to say that women refrain from sacrificing to Hercules. Propertius in his poem 4.9 also mentions similar information as Macrobius. This is
Hercules
structured by the Roman religious calendar, and the fourth book of elegies by Propertius. Scenes from Roman myth also appear in Roman wall painting, coins, and
Roman_mythology
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
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
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