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How Women (Re)Act in Roman Love Poetry: Inhuman She-Wolves and Unhelpful Mothers in Propertius's Elegies.

The article discusses the presence of the mother figure in the elegies of Roman poet Propertius. It asserts that Propertius uses motherhood as one lens through which to explore the intersection of gender and ethical behavior in first-century Before Christ Era in Rome, Italy. Moreover, it also tackle...

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Published in:Helios Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 165 - 188
Main Author: Gold, Barbara K.
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Texas Tech University Press Fall2006
Subjects:
Mothers
Propertius, Sextus, ca. 50 B.C.-15 B.C.
Poets
Elegiac poetry
Motherhood
Rome (Italy)
Italy
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the presence of the mother figure in the elegies of Roman poet Propertius. It asserts that Propertius uses motherhood as one lens through which to explore the intersection of gender and ethical behavior in first-century Before Christ Era in Rome, Italy. Moreover, it also tackles the child-killing demon, a mythological bogey figure, which seems to share and to prefigure the characteristics of the mother.