Faces of Loneliness in Propertius 1.18

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ID21730552
AuthorsAntoni Bobrowski (0000-0003-0890-7080, Jagiellonian University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume26
Pages253-269
Publication date2023-12-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueClassica Cracoviensia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1505-8913 • E-ISSN: 2391-6753
PublisherKsiegarnia Akademicka Sp. z.o.o (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.12797/cc.26.2023.26.06
OpenAlexW4390403910
LanguageEN
References cited23

In Propertius’ Elegy 1.18, the speaker arrives at an empty, desolate grove so that he may complain loud about being an abandoned lover in solitude. The work is positioned in the mainstream of the Augustan love elegy, but apart from elegiac concepts, it contains numerous topoi and intertextual references to the tradition of bucolic poetry. This article discusses the functioning of the motif of loneliness, which in 1.18 combines various elements that make up the image of the depicted world and enables the selection and modification of interpretative clues

Aesthetics · Art · Elegiac · Elegy · Literature · Loneliness · Mainstream · Poetry · Solitude · Theology · Topos theory · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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