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Tibullus

[ ti-buhl-uhs ]

noun

  1. Al·bi·us [al, -bee-, uh, s], c54–c19 b.c., Roman poet.


Tibullus

/ tɪˈbʌləs /

noun

  1. TibullusAlbius?54 bc?19 bcMRomanWRITING: poet Albius (ˈælbɪəs). ?54–?19 bc , Roman elegiac poet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Tibullus, also a famous elegiac poet, was born the same year as Ovid, and was the friend of the poet Horace.

His classical reputation rests on his editions of Propertius and Tibullus .

They were bound together in a kind of secret wedlock, what Tibullus called the furtivi foedera lecti.

His youth was a more stormy one than that of Tibullus, and was Propertius.

Of the three Tibullus (c. 54-19) is the most refined and tender.

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