{"product_id":"books-tibullus-by-guy-lee","title":"Tibullus","description":"Tibullus's two books of elegies belong to the early part of the  reign of Augustus (31-19 B.C.). His themes were love, the  countryside and Rome, its gods and traditions. His patron was the  great general and orator M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus. One of  the four canonical Latin elegiac poets (Gallus, of whom almost  nothing survives, Propertius and Ovid being the others), Tibullus  has a distinctive voice and an individual approach to the  conventional subject matter, bland on the surface but turbulent  and passionate on deeper examination. His easy stylistic mastery  cloaks vivid intellectual activity and turbulent emotion.  This edition, revised in collaboration with Robert Maltby,  includes for the first time the third book of the Corpus  Tibullianum, a collection of poems by others within Messalla's  circle, including the female elegist Sulpicia. Guy Lee's acclaimed verse translation, rhythmically subtle and lively in  verbal texture, can be read with delight on its own and enhances  our enjoyment and appreciation of Tibullus's Latin. Robert Maltby  has provided for the third edition an extensive new commentary,  illuminating many aspects of Tibullus' art and literary  background.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507649601809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780905205823.jpg?v=1778131506","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-tibullus-by-guy-lee","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}