Tibullus

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Tibullus's chief friend and patron was Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, himself an orator and poet as well as a statesman and a commander. Messalla, like Gaius Maecenas, was at the centre of a literary circle in Rome. This circle had no relationship with the court, and the name of Augustus is found nowhere in the writings of Tibullus. About 30 BC Messalla was dispatched by Augustus to Gaul to quell a rising in Aquitania and restore order in the country, and Tibullus may have been in his retinu

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1. Elegies

   · 2012 · cited 3x

2. Elegies

   · 1994 · cited 3x

3. Elegies

   · 1913 · cited 2x

4. 1

   · 1994 · cited 2x

5. 5

   · 1994 · cited 1x

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Quotes

• “Te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora,Et teneam moriens deficiente manu.”
• “Audendum est: fortes adiuvat ipsa Venus.”
• “Nec iurare time: veneris periuria ventiinrita per terras et freta summa ferunt.gratia magna Iovi: vetuit Pater ipse valere,iurasset cupide quidquid ineptus amor.”
• “Te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres,arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Iovi.”
• “Quis fuit, horrendos primus qui protulit enses?quam ferus et vere ferreus ille fuit!”
• “Atque aliquis senior veteres veneratus amoresannua constructo serta dabit tumulo,et "bene" discedens dicet "placideque quiescas,terraque securae sit super ossa levis."”

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