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Sextus Propertius , c.50 BC-c.16 BC, Roman elegiac poet, b. Umbria. He was a member of the circle of Maecenas . A master of the Latin elegy, he wrote with vigor, passion, and sincerity.

Bibliography: See translations by C. Carrier (1963) and J. Warden (1972); studies by M. Platnauer (1951) and D. R. S. Bailey (1956).

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Propertius, Sextus (c.50–16 bc), Roman poet, whose four books of poetry celebrate his passion for the lover whom he calls Cynthia. His poetry ranges from poems of rare elegance and refinement to allusively mythological pieces in the Hellenistic tradition to which he is deeply indebted. Echoes of his verse can be found in B. Barnes and Campion, and he is the subject of Pound's ‘Homage to Sextus Propertius’ (1919).

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