Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... mistress , the exclusus amator.26 The theme was passed on to Roman poets , and no doubt to a measure the theme actually reflected a not uncommon situation in Roman society as it probably had in Alexandrian . Either the mistress is ...
... mistress , the exclusus amator.26 The theme was passed on to Roman poets , and no doubt to a measure the theme actually reflected a not uncommon situation in Roman society as it probably had in Alexandrian . Either the mistress is ...
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... mistress and deserted me . Then the other girl , going away , pro- nounced me under a spell and — the disgrace - told all the world that my love was skilled in the black arts . But no , it is not by magical charms that my mistress does ...
... mistress and deserted me . Then the other girl , going away , pro- nounced me under a spell and — the disgrace - told all the world that my love was skilled in the black arts . But no , it is not by magical charms that my mistress does ...
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... mistress ; Propertius ' mistress will trample on his bones . Awareness of the incongruity leads to a sudden change of mood and a fresh decision : sed non effugies : mecum moriaris oportet ; hoc eodem ferro stillet uterque cruor ...
... mistress ; Propertius ' mistress will trample on his bones . Awareness of the incongruity leads to a sudden change of mood and a fresh decision : sed non effugies : mecum moriaris oportet ; hoc eodem ferro stillet uterque cruor ...
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INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page | 1 |
ME EX VERSICULIS MEIS PARUM PUDICUM | 15 |
DOCTE CATULLE K F Quinn University of | 31 |
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