Propertius 1. 16. 1–2

Classical Quarterly 22 (01):138- (1972)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Line 2 has puzzled editors: ‘The significance of the name is beyond knowledge’ ; ‘Hie versus inter difHcillimos Properti est’ . It should mean, ‘a door known to the chastity of Tarpeia’, i.e. ‘known to Tarpeia when she was still chaste‘, i.e. ‘known to Tarpeia as a girl’; and I suggest it means just that

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 92,168

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Analytics

Added to PP
2012-08-27

Downloads
3 (#1,714,622)

6 months
2 (#1,204,205)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references