Sextus Propertius also called Sextus, Propertius, or Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet from Hispalis. He was a member of the Augustan age. Propertius, a native of Volaterrae, in Campania, flourished about 40 years before the Christian era. He was called the most perfect of the elegiac poets by Quintilian
According to Ovid, he was born about A.D. 16 or 28 and died about A.D. 18 (the date of the first extant book), and according to Justus Lipsius and other critics not earlier than A.D.
20 (the date of the second extant book). He was born on the 23rd day of October and immediately after his birth his nurse gave him a book of elegies; he consequently passed his life as a recluse, occupied only with books and studies (Tibullus 9).
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.Sextus Propertius
By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.Sextus Propertius
