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Propertius

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Also known as Sextus Propertius, Sextus Aurelius Propertius

thumb|Auguste Vinchon, Propertius and Cynthia at Tivoli

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Sextus Propertius was a male poet and writer from Ancient Rome. He was born in Assisi in 47 BCE and died in Rome in 16 BCE. His works were written in Latin.

He is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. Various databases list his works, with counts ranging from 5 to 132. His writings have been referenced by other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Assisi
Place of death: Rome
Languages spoken: Latin
Image: Properce.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Sextus Propertius
Commons category: Sextus Propertius
date of birth: 0047-01-01
date of death: 0016-00-00
praenomen: Sextus
writing language: Latin
Commons Creator page: Propertius

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Propertius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections

Contents

Life
Poetry
Textual problems
Influence
Modern assessment
Latin editions
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|Auguste Vinchon, Propertius and Cynthia at Tivoli

Sextus Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age. He was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium (now Assisi) and died shortly after 15 BC.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Propertius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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