Tibullus: Elegy 1. 3

What's Love Got to Do with It?: Mapping Cynthia in Propertius' Paired Elegies 1.8A-B and 1.11-12

“…On the one hand, some readings 55 The recent interpretation of Lee-Stecum 1998 not only points out the discontinuity of the poem but further stresses the lack of unity as a central idea of the poem, a lack of unity reinforced through the discontinuous nature of the poetic progression; see the chapter entitled, "Poem Three" (101-31). 56 For example, the Odyssey theme (Bright 1971); temporal progression from past to present to future (Campbell 1973); and most recently Maltby 2002, 183, who writes, "The elegy is one of T.'s best and consists of a smoothly connected series of reflections, memories, dreams, and prayers." note the non-linear and often-interrupted flow of the poem, 55 while on the other hand, some interpretations focus on seeking the thread that holds the whole together coherently.…”