Tibullus
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Tibullus was a prominent Roman elegiac poet of the Augustan era, best known for his refined, melancholic love poetry and idealization of rural simplicity.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin author
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Roman poet ⓘ elegiac poet ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Messalla Corvinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Horace
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Propertius NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 55 BCE ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 19 BCE ⓘ |
| deathPlace | likely Rome ⓘ |
| era | Augustan age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | late 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
elegy
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love poetry ⓘ |
| hasPartInCorpus |
poems addressed to Delia
ⓘ
poems addressed to Nemesis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ovid
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later Latin elegists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Catullus
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ⓘ
Propertius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
idealization of rural life
ⓘ
rejection of wealth and war in favor of simplicity and love ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
melancholic
ⓘ
refined ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
anti‑militarism
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faithfulness in love ⓘ love ⓘ pacifism ⓘ poverty and simplicity ⓘ rural simplicity ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Ovid's Amores
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Ovid's Tristia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Corpus Tibullianum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elegies, Book 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Elegies, Book 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | poet ⓘ |
| partOf | Latin elegiac tradition ⓘ |
| patron | Messalla Corvinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Italian countryside
ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | equestrian order ⓘ |
| styleComparedWith |
Ovid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Propertius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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