Tristia, the Glossary
The Tristia ("Sorrows" or "Lamentations") is a collection of letters written in elegiac couplets by the Augustan poet Ovid during his exile from Rome.[1]
Table of Contents
22 relations: Aeneas, Anacreon, Augustan literature (ancient Rome), Augustus, Catullus, David Malouf, Elegiac couplet, Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, Epistulae ex Ponto, Epitaph, Exile, Getae, Homer, Julia the Elder, Loeb Classical Library, Matthew Bunson, Metamorphoses, Odysseus, Ovid, Peter Green (historian), Pontus (region), Sappho.
- 1st-century books in Latin
- Poetry by Ovid
- Works about exile
Aeneas
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (from) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus).
Anacreon
Anacreon (Ἀνακρέων ὁ Τήϊος; BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems.
Augustan literature (ancient Rome)
Augustan literature refers to the pieces of Latin literature that were written during the reign of Caesar Augustus (27 BC–AD 14), the first Roman emperor.
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Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.
Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus (84 – 54 BC), known as Catullus, was a Latin neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic.
David Malouf
David George Joseph Malouf (born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist.
Elegiac couplet
The elegiac couplet is a poetic form used by Greek lyric poets for a variety of themes usually of smaller scale than the epic.
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Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire
The Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, written by Matthew Bunson in 1994 and published by Facts on File, is a detailed depiction of the history of the Roman Empire.
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Epistulae ex Ponto
Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea) is a work of Ovid, in four books. Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto are 1st-century books in Latin, Poetry by Ovid and works about exile.
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Epitaph
An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person.
Exile
Exile or banishment, is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose.
Getae
The Getae or Gets (Γέται, singular Γέτης) were a Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania.
Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
Julia the Elder
Julia the Elder (30 October 39 BC – AD 14), known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia (Classical Latin: IVLIA•CAESARIS•FILIA or IVLIA•AVGVSTI•FILIA), was the daughter and only biological child of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and his second wife, Scribonia.
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Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press.
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Matthew Bunson
Matthew Bunson (born 1966) is Vice President and Editorial Director of EWTN News, the Catholic multimedia network and is an American author of more than fifty books, a historian, professor, editor, Roman Catholic theologian.
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The Metamorphoses (Metamorphōsēs, from μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid. Tristia and Metamorphoses are 1st-century books in Latin and Poetry by Ovid.
Odysseus
In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus (Odyseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.
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Peter Green (historian)
Peter Morris Green (born 22 December 1924), Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series.
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Pontus (region)
Pontus or Pontos (translit) is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in the modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey.
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Sappho
Sappho (Σαπφώ Sapphṓ; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.
See also
1st-century books in Latin
- Achilleid
- Agricola (book)
- Apocolocyntosis
- Ars Amatoria
- De Medicina
- De aquaeductu
- De materia medica
- Epistulae ex Ponto
- Germania (book)
- Histories of Alexander the Great
- Institutio Oratoria
- Metamorphoses
- Natural History (Pliny)
- Naturales quaestiones
- Pharsalia
- Punica (poem)
- Remedia Amoris
- Satyricon
- Silvae
- Strategemata
- Thebaid (Latin poem)
- Tristia
Poetry by Ovid
- Amores (Ovid)
- Ars Amatoria
- Double Heroides
- Epistulae ex Ponto
- Fasti (poem)
- Heroides
- Ibis (Ovid)
- Medicamina Faciei Femineae
- Metamorphoses
- Remedia Amoris
- Tristia
Works about exile
- Bashkirs (painting)
- Epistulae ex Ponto
- Exilliteratur
- In Athens, on his Banishment
- Tristia
- War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet