Bibliography

 

The following list includes 1) works on Roman elegy and related topics which are written for the general reader; 2) more scholarly works which are at least to a significant extent non-technical enough to be of use to the non-specialist; and 3) works of scholarship referred to in the Introduction or Notes. I have indicated in the annotations to the works in this list which ones include fuller scholarly bibliographies. 

 

 A. W. Allen.  “Elegy and the classical attitude towards love: Propertius I.1.”  Yale Classical Studies XI (1950) 253-277. A scholarly study of P.I.1 as an example of Propertius’s view of love. 

 

 J. P. V. D. Balsdon.  Roman Women: Their History and Habits. Rev. ed. London, The Bodley Head, 1974. A good general introduction to the subject, with a bibliography of general and scholarly works. 

 

 Paul Brandt.  P. Ovidi Nasonis Amorum Libri Tres. Hildesheim, 1963 (rpt. Leipzig, 1911). Latin text with scholarly commentary in German. 

 

 Elroy Bundy.  Studia Pindarica. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1962. (University of California Publications in Classical Philology 18.1.) This scholarly study of Pindar’s poetry is also one of the most important works on the significance of genre in ancient poetry and is recommended for those who wish to explore this topic. 

 

 Francis Cairns.  Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1972. A scholarly study of the importance of genre in ancient poetry. 

 

 Francis Cairns.  Tibullus: A Hellenistic Poet at Rome. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1979. A study of Tibullus’s poetry with emphasis on the importance of genre. For scholars. 

 

 H. E. Butler and E. A. Barber.  The Elegies of Propertius. Oxford, 1933. Latin text with schoarly commentary in English. 

 

 W. A. Camps.  Propertius Elegies. Vols. I-IV. Cambridge, 1961-1967. Latin text with scholarly commentary in English. 

 

 Frank Copley.  Latin Literature:  From the Beginning to the Close of the  Second Century a.d. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1969. A readable work for the general reader which includes individual sections on the elegists and a brief bibliography arranged by ancient author. 

 

 Hermann Fraenkel.  Ovid:  A Poet Between Two Worlds. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1945 (Sather Classical Lectures 18). A general study of Ovid’s poetry by one of the twentieth century’s foremost classical scholars. Includes a chapter on the  Loves. 

 

 Michael Grant.  Cleopatra. London 1972. A well-written work for the general reader which does justice to its fascinating subject. Although not directly concerned with the elegists, it offers a valuable perspective on the great historical events which formed the world in which they lived. 

 

 Michael Grant.  Roman Literature. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1954. A very good introduction for the non-specialist. The section on “Attitudes to Poetry” contains excellent brief accounts of Alexandrianism and of the role of poetry in ancient society. 

 

 Peter Green.  Essays in Antiquity. New York, World Publishing Company, 1960. Witty and readable essays by a noted classical scholar and translator, including “‘Venus Clerke Ovyde’“, on Ovid and his influence in ancient and later times. 

 

 Pierre Grimal.  Love in Ancient Rome. tr. Arthur Train jr. New York, Garden City Publishers, 1967. Written for the general reader.  The chapter on “Love and the Poets” deals with the elegists. 

 

 Judith Hallett. “The Role of Women in Roman Elegy: Counter-Cultural Feminism.”  Arethusa VI (Spring ‘73), pp. 103-124. A discussion of the subject from a feminist perspective. 

 

 Gilbert Highet.  Poets in a Landscape. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Charming and learned essays on Roman poets, including the three major elegists. 

 

 Margaret Hubbard.  Propertius. London, Duckworth, 1974. A very good introduction to Propertius’s work with a particularly useful chapter on Propertius’s Alexandrianism and an annotated scholarly bibliography. 

 

 E. J. Kenney.  “Ovid and the law.”  Yale Classical Studies XXI (1969) 242-263. Examines Ovid’s use of language and concepts drawn from Roman law. For scholars. 

 

 Otto Kiefer.  Sexual Life in Ancient Rome. tr. Gilbert and Helen Highet. London, Panther Books, 1969. This book for the general reader includes a short section on each of the elegists. 

 

 Georg Luck.  The Latin Love Elegy. 2nd ed. London, Methuen, 1969. This influential study of the genre will be found mostly accessible by the non-specialist.  Includes a brief scholarly bibliography. 

 

 P. Martinon.  Les amours d’Ovide. Paris, 1897. Latin text with scholarly commentary in French. 

 

 Clarence W. Mendell.  Latin Poetry: The New Poets and the Augustans. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1965. A general and critically conservative survey which includes chapters on three major elegists. 

 

 Enzio Nardi.  Procurato aborto nel mondo greco romano. Milan, 1971. A comprehensive study of abortion in ancient Greece and Rome, including quotatons of virtually every word written on the subject by ancient authors. In Italian, with all Latin and Greek quotations in the original and in Italian. 

 

 Sarah B. Pomeroy.  Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves. New York, 1975. A general study of women in the ancient world, with a section on “Works Referred To” which amounts to a select bibliography on the subject. 

 

 Edward K. Rand.  Ovid and his Influence. Boston, Marshall Jones, 1925 (Our Debt to Greece and Rome). Long considered a standard work for the non-specialist, Rand’s book may strike today’s readers as old-fashioned in tone and attitude, yet it contains much of interest, especially in the section dealing with Ovid’s influence through the ages. 

 

 L. Richardson, Jr.  Propertius Elegies I-IV. Norman, Oklahoma, 1977. Latin text with scholarly commentary in English and brief scholarly bibliography. 

 

 H. J. Rose  History Of Latin Literature. New York, 1960. A comprehensive work of use to both the general reader and the scholar.  Includes a bibliography of scholarly reference works on the topic. 

 

 Kirby Flower Smith.  The Elegies of Albius Tibullus. New York, 1913. Latin text with scholarly commentary in English. 

 

 J. P. Sullivan.  Ezra Pound and Sextus Propertius: A Study on Creative  Translation. Austin, University of Texas Press, 1964. A perceptive study of Pound’s famous Propertian pastiche. 

 

 J. P. Sullivan  Propertius: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1976. Largely accessible for the non-classicist, although occasionally difficult for the completely Latinless reader. Particularly interesting is Chapter 3, dealing with the social and psychological dynamics of elegy. Extensive scholarly bibliography. 

 

 L. P. Wilkinson.  Ovid Recalled. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1955. A survey of the man and his work, including chapters on the  Loves and on Ovid’s influence on medieval and renaissance poetry. 

   

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