Latin Poetry - Tibullus
Albius Tibullus (c. 55 B.C. - c. 19 B.C.) was a Roman poet, about whom we know little. Quintilian considered Tibullus the best Roman poet.
Albii Tibvlli Aliorvmqve Elegiae
The elegies of Tibullus in Latin, divided by book.
The elegies of Tibullus in Latin, divided by book.
Latin Elegy
Course on Latin Love elegies, featuring Catullus, Tibullus (and those poems in the corpus of Tibullus believed to have been written by the woman poet Sulpicia), Propertius, and Ovid. Site explains what elegy is and its Greek lineage.
Course on Latin Love elegies, featuring Catullus, Tibullus (and those poems in the corpus of Tibullus believed to have been written by the woman poet Sulpicia), Propertius, and Ovid. Site explains what elegy is and its Greek lineage.
C. Svetoni Tranqvillvi De Poetis Vita Tibulli
Suetonius' Life of Tibullus, in Latin.
Suetonius' Life of Tibullus, in Latin.
Letter to Albius Tibullus
Letter from Horace to his friend Tibullus, translated into English.
Letter from Horace to his friend Tibullus, translated into English.
On the Death of Tibullus
English translation of Ovid's elegy (Amores III.9) on the death of Tibullus.
English translation of Ovid's elegy (Amores III.9) on the death of Tibullus.
Ovid and Elegy
Outline of essential points about Latin elegy, including generic features (poet's pursuit of a woman whose status is indeterminate) and major figures in Augustan elegy.
Outline of essential points about Latin elegy, including generic features (poet's pursuit of a woman whose status is indeterminate) and major figures in Augustan elegy.