Love elegies to Delia and Nemesis. Tibullus dreams of a simple rural life with his beloved — but the beloved is never faithful and the countryside never quite arrives. The gentlest of the Roman elegists.
Start ReadingPoems to Delia and to Messalla. Tibullus dreams of the quiet country life — a cottage, a harvest, a beloved — while war and ambition destroy the world around him.
Poems to Nemesis and further elegies on love, loss, and the countryside. Tibullus's tone sharpens: Nemesis is harder to love than Delia was.
Poems attributed to Tibullus and his circle, including Lygdamus and Sulpicia. The collection expands beyond the personal to encompass a school of Roman elegy.