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Propertius

change must come: learn from Lygdamus & Propertius vs. domina Cynthia

In ancient Latin elegy, Propertius and Lydgamus were Cynthia’s slaves. Men must seek peace, not through war, but by imagining true gender equality in love. … Read the post change must come: learn from Lygdamus & Propertius vs. domina Cynthia

Walahfrid’s rural rose & lily respond to love and war in Roman elegy

Writing with love for men, Walahfrid in an epic Christian garden poem used the rose and lily to reject love & war in Gallus’s love elegy and classical epic. … Read the post Walahfrid’s rural rose & lily respond to love and war in Roman elegy

Propertius & Prudentius show gender allocation of credit and blame

Propertius credited Cynthia for his poetic success. Prudentius blamed Adam alone for the fall. That’s classical gender work in allocating credit & blame. … Read the post Propertius & Prudentius show gender allocation of credit and blame

Tibullus with Parthenius against Gallus on gender in love & war

Reading well gender and violence against men in Parthenius’s stories, Tibullus challenged the poetic figuring of love and war in Gallus’s love elegy. … Read the post Tibullus with Parthenius against Gallus on gender in love & war

early Arabic love poetry caps Roman love elegy on aging

An early Arabic poem — Buthaynah and Jamīl’s conversation on aging — works to redeem Roman love elegy in exquisite, humane poetic truth. … Read the post early Arabic love poetry caps Roman love elegy on aging

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