The Complete Poems of Tibullus An En Face Bilingual Edition [Hardcover]

Tibullus is considered one of the finest exponents of Latin lyric in the golden age of Rome, during the Emperor Augustuss reign, and his poetry retains its enduring beauty and appeal. Together these works provide an important document for anyone who seeks to understand Roman culture and sexuality and the origins of Western poetry.



The new translation by Rodney Dennis and Michael Putnam conveys to students the elegance and wit of the original poems.

Ideal for courses on classical literature, classical civilization, Roman history, comparative literature, and the classical tradition and reception.

The Latin verses will be printed side-by-side with the English text.

Explanatory notes and a glossary elucidate context and describe key names, places, and events.

An introduction by Julia Haig Gaisser provides the necessary historical and social background to the poets life and works.

Includes the poems of Sulpicia and Lygdamus, transmitted with the text of Tibullus and formerly ascribed to him.

Rodney G. Denniswas Curator of Manuscripts at Houghton Library, Harvard University, from 1965 to 1991. A translator of both Classical and Renaissance Latin, he was a founding editor ofPersephoneas well as a lecturer in English at Harvard.

Michael C. J. Putnamis MacMillan Professor of Classics and Professor of Comparative Literature emeritus at Brown University. His many other books includeVirgils Epic DesignsandHoraces Carmen Saeculare,Poetic Interplay, andA Companion to Virgils Aeneid and its Tradition.

Julia Haig GaisserEugenia Chase Guild Professor Emerita in the Humanities and Professor Emerita of Latin at Bryn Mawr College. Her bookThe Fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Asswon the 2009 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, the highest award for a work of Classics, given by the American Phil@