Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... Delia herself , the poet is vague . Propertius revels in listing Cynthia's beauties and in sensuously enumerating her charms . But about Delia , we know no more than that she had soft arms and long golden hair - hardly distinctive ...
... Delia herself , the poet is vague . Propertius revels in listing Cynthia's beauties and in sensuously enumerating her charms . But about Delia , we know no more than that she had soft arms and long golden hair - hardly distinctive ...
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... Delia ' . In no . 5 she has taken on a rich lover , she and Tibullus have quarrelled , she has shut him out and , capable girl , she has even acquired an additional lover besides the rich one . But Tibullus , darting from point to point ...
... Delia ' . In no . 5 she has taken on a rich lover , she and Tibullus have quarrelled , she has shut him out and , capable girl , she has even acquired an additional lover besides the rich one . But Tibullus , darting from point to point ...
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... Delia's sickness . Now any detailed description of holy rites and magic always makes good reading of and by itself ... Delia's sickness . That Tibullus tells us that he used such rites at that time enables him to show , first of all ...
... Delia's sickness . Now any detailed description of holy rites and magic always makes good reading of and by itself ... Delia's sickness . That Tibullus tells us that he used such rites at that time enables him to show , first of all ...
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INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page | 1 |
ME EX VERSICULIS MEIS PARUM PUDICUM | 15 |
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