Propertius

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

Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of Elegies (Elegiae). He was a friend of the poets Gallus and Virgil and, with them, had 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 Propertius", but the rest of his name is unknown. From numerous references in his poetry it is clear he was born and raised in Umbria; modern Assisi claims for itself the honor of his birthplace. As a boy his father died and the family lost land as part of a confiscation, probably the same one which reduced Virgil's estates when Octavian allotted lands to his veterans in 41 BC. Combining this with cryptic references in Ovid implying he was younger than his contemporary Tibullus, a birthdate after 55 BC seems appropriate.

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Propertius (skipper)

Propertius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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Famous quotes by Propertius:

"Give the historians something to write about"

"In great things it is enough even to have willed."

"Great is the road I climb, but the garland offered by an easier effort is not worth the gathering"

"Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better"

"The law itself follows gold"

"The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. (Elegies)"

"Every man now worships gold; all other reverence being done away"

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