1998
DOI: 10.2307/300803
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Propertius 2.10 and 11 and the Structure of Books ‘2A’ and ‘2B’

Abstract: The manuscripts of Propertius present us with a single, massive ‘Book 2’ over thirteen hundred and sixty lines long. Like many before me, I am convinced that this ‘Book 2’ is a mistake of transmission and actually preserves the remnants of two ancient books. In this article I identify and discuss the poem which I believe closed the first of the ancient books; for convenience's sake we can call this book ‘Book 2a’. I shall be saying something, too, about the structure and content of both ancient books — of Book… Show more

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“…62 Wyke 1987, 59-61. 63 Martins 2013, 72-88;Lachman 1816;Skutsch 1975;Lyne 1998;Goold 1990;Murgia 2000. Let. Cláss., São Paulo, v. 19, n. 1, p. 82-109, 2015 interdependência entre as figurações do puer Amor como patrono da poesia e da puella (Cíntia) como objeto das elegias de Propércio.…”
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“…62 Wyke 1987, 59-61. 63 Martins 2013, 72-88;Lachman 1816;Skutsch 1975;Lyne 1998;Goold 1990;Murgia 2000. Let. Cláss., São Paulo, v. 19, n. 1, p. 82-109, 2015 interdependência entre as figurações do puer Amor como patrono da poesia e da puella (Cíntia) como objeto das elegias de Propércio.…”
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“…84 Prop., 2.11.6. 85 Sobre a elegia 2.12 como poema de transição ou poema de abertura de um novo livro, Lyne (1998), Tatum (2000, Martins (2013).…”
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“…In this paper, I support the presupposition of the division of Book 2 into two books, by arguing that Lyne's (1998a) thesis on it is very appropriate. I understand that the elegies in Books 1 and 2 are marked by a narratio a persona, Cynthia.…”
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“…Cf.Keith 2008, 115-138. See alsoLyne 1998, on the possibility that the pair 2.10/2.11 stood at the end of the original Book 2a. Note, however, that the farewell to Cynthia, 2.11.1: scribant de te alii, sounds as much like a typical recusatio (cf.…”
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