Elegies II [Hardcover]

This is the first full and detailed commentary on the second book of the major Latin poet Tibullus' elegies since K.F. Smith's edition of 1913. Taking into account every significant advance in scholarship since then on Tibullus and elegy in general, it provides an authoritative Latin text, a detailed introduction, and a comprehensive commentary discussing all aspects of linguistic and literary interest in the poems. There are introductory essays on each poem which discuss the background situation, genre, and main models. Also included are a critical appendix, a structural appendix, and full indices.

Brings to completion one of the century's major contributions to scholarship on the most unjustly neglected figure among the authors of Rome's literary golden age....Indispensable for future study of the poet....An indispensable ancilla for all students of Tibullus and of great value to scholars of Latin Poetry in general. --New England Classical Journal

Murgatroyd has produced a thorough work which all who work on Tibullus will need to consult. --Classical Journal

a welcome addition to the growing body of Tibullan scholarship --Classical Journal