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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.
C. Svetoni Tranqvillvi De Poetis Vita Tibulli
Suetonius' Life of Tibullus, in Latin.
Letter to Albius Tibullus
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.
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.