Propertius

Also known as Sextus Propertius, Sextus Aurelius Propertius

thumb|Auguste Vinchon, Propertius and Cynthia at Tivoli

AI overview

I cannot provide an accurate overview based solely on this context, as the image caption only identifies a painting subject (Propertius and Cynthia at Tivoli) without substantive information about who Propertius was or why he matters. Providing a factual overview would require additional source material beyond what has been provided.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born: ca. 47 BC
Died: 15 BC
Works: 132

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 6
Total plays: 18

Sextus Aurelius Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet who was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium) and died shortly after 15 BC.[1] Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of Elegies. He was friends with the poets Gallus and Virgil, and had with them as his patron Maecenas, and through Maecenas, the emperor Augustus. Life Very little information is known about Propertius outside of his own writing. His praenomen "Sextus" is mentioned by Aelius Donatus a few manuscripts list him as "Sextus

via Last.fm · Propertius

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Elegies
· 1990 · cited 22x
Propertius: Elegies
· 1961 · cited 5x
Oxford Classical Texts: Sexti Properti Elegi
· 2007 · cited 2x
Elegiarum libri IV
· 2006 · cited 2x
i
· 2007 · cited 1x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

“Neque assueto mutet amore torum.”
“Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,Enumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves.”
“Qua pote quisque, in ea conterat arte diem.”
“Aut patrio qualis ponit vestigia pontoMille Venus teneris cincta Cupidinibus.”
“Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certeLaus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.”
“Quicumque ille fuit, puerum qui pinxit Amoremnonne putas miras hunc habuisse manus?is primum vidit sine sensu vivere amantes”