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Explore the Latin love poet through a trusted bilingual edition featuring Propertius with an accessible English translation by H.
E. Butler. This Loeb Classical Library volume pairs the original Latin texts with clear English rendering, helping readers follow the poetry line by line.
The editor discusses the challenges of the text, notes where emendations are plausible but not certain, and explains how the translator approached difficult passages. It includes a detailed apparatus of manuscripts and a bibliography to guide study, making it a reliable resource for students, scholars, and serious readers of Roman elegy.- Parallels Latin text and English translation for easy comparison
- Scholarly notes on manuscript evidence and textual decisions
- Guidance on the poem’s structure, themes, and historical context
- Appendices and a bibliographical guide for further study
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