Fear and anger as companions of love in Propertius’ poetry

Love in Propertius’ elegies is connected with fear (timor, metus) and anger (ira). The descriptions of these emotions allow the Roman poet to display the specific character of love, its influence on mind and behaviour. According to Propertius the expressions of fear and anger directed at a person, w...

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Main Author: Demina Svetlana Sergeevna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches 2018-10-01
Series:Studia Humanitatis
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Online Access:http://st-hum.ru/en/node/692/
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description Love in Propertius’ elegies is connected with fear (timor, metus) and anger (ira). The descriptions of these emotions allow the Roman poet to display the specific character of love, its influence on mind and behaviour. According to Propertius the expressions of fear and anger directed at a person, who wants to destroy love, testify the value of love, and an aspiration to keep it. The fears in elegies disclose love as a complicated feeling, while anger directed at the beloved person reveals the power of love passion.
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spelling doaj.art-db9c5cb75fc547babc503fbb99e1bd0b2022-12-21T22:56:52ZengInstitute of Modern Humanitarian ResearchesStudia Humanitatis2308-80792018-10-013Fear and anger as companions of love in Propertius’ poetryDemina Svetlana Sergeevna0Vladimir State University named after Alexander and Nikolay Stoletovs (Vladimir, Russia)Love in Propertius’ elegies is connected with fear (timor, metus) and anger (ira). The descriptions of these emotions allow the Roman poet to display the specific character of love, its influence on mind and behaviour. According to Propertius the expressions of fear and anger directed at a person, who wants to destroy love, testify the value of love, and an aspiration to keep it. The fears in elegies disclose love as a complicated feeling, while anger directed at the beloved person reveals the power of love passion.http://st-hum.ru/en/node/692/Propertiuselegylovefearanger
spellingShingle Demina Svetlana Sergeevna
Fear and anger as companions of love in Propertius’ poetry
Studia Humanitatis
Propertius
elegy
love
fear
anger
title Fear and anger as companions of love in Propertius’ poetry
title_full Fear and anger as companions of love in Propertius’ poetry
title_fullStr Fear and anger as companions of love in Propertius’ poetry
title_full_unstemmed Fear and anger as companions of love in Propertius’ poetry
title_short Fear and anger as companions of love in Propertius’ poetry
title_sort fear and anger as companions of love in propertius poetry
topic Propertius
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