Bøger af Sextus Propertius

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Cynthia - being the first book of his elegies is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

"Resultatet er en lysende læselig tekst", "pirrende og præcis" – Weekendavisen"Man må forundres over, hvor moderne digtene virker", 5/6 stjerner – Kulturen.nu Tosproget udgave af Propertius' elegier, på danske vers af Ole Meyer.Morgenen kom, og jeg ville, nej måtte se om nu Cynthia sov alene – og ja: trygt lå hun dér i sin seng.Blændet stod jeg, for aldrig havde jeg set hende mere dragende dejlig og skøn, selv ikke dengang hun gikpurpurklædt hen til den ærbare Vesta, for dér at erfare om mon en ængstende drøm gjaldt hende selv, eller mig.Således fremstod hun nu, netop vækket af søvnen: usminket skønhed, hvor stærkt holder du os i dit greb!“Er du så tidligt på færde,” sagde hun, “for at belure og kontrollere mig? Tror du jeg er ligesom jer?Jeg er ikke så flygtig: jeg slår mig til tåls med én elsker, enten med dig – eller en der er lidt mere stabil!Dér er min seng: ser du lagnet i uorden, puderne krøllet? Ser du mon tegn på at to skulle have tumlet sig her?Snus til min krop: er der rest af lugte der tyder på noget – duften af sex, ved du nok? eller med rene ord: hor!”– siger hun, og afværger straks med hånden mit kys, mens hun stikker foden i sin sandal, og hun er væk som et lyn.Således blev jeg til nar. Eller blev jeg? En ting er sikker: ikke én eneste nat er mig forundt siden da.

Edited with Introduction and Notes by W. A. Camps

Of all the great classical love poets, Propertius is surely one of those with most immediate appeal for the twentieth century reader. His poetry centres on a helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress, Cynthia, and it is analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods - from ecstasy to suicidal despair.

Camps presents, without concealing difficulties and uncertainties, a fairly conservative but readable and coherent text, together with such annotation as may help the modern reader of Latin to understand the language and follow the thought of this difficult, much disputed, but very rewarding poet.

These ardent, even obsessed, poems about erotic passion are among the brightest jewels in the crown of Latin literature. Written by Propertius, Rome's greatest poet of love, who was born around 50 b.c., a contemporary of Ovid, these elegies tell of Propertius' tormented relationship with a woman he calls "e;Cynthia."e; Their connection was sometimes blissful, more often agonizing, but as the poet came to recognize, it went beyond pride or shame to become the defining event of his life. Whether or not it was Propertius' explicit intention, these elegies extend our ideas of desire, and of the human condition itself.