Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Propertius
Born: 47 BC
Died: 14 BC (aged 33)
Bio: Sextus Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age. He was born around 50 45 BC in Assisium and died shortly after 15 BC.
Known for:
- Elegies
- Propertius in love
- The complete elegies of Sextus Propertius
- Elegies, I-IV
- Propertius