Tibullus was one of the leading poets of Augustan Rome. Professor Cairns
examines in detail aspects of Tibullus' poetic craftsmanship - his
learning, his interest in the meanings of words, his use of suspense and
deception, his control of the structures of his elegies - and
demonstrates the original qualities of Tibullus' verse. This examination
is carried out by relating Tibullus' work at all points to the
Hellenistic poetic tradition and the literary genres and conventions it
developed. This book will be of particular interest to students of Latin
and Hellenistic Greek literature, and, as all Greek is translated, it
should also be useful to students of comparative literature.