Roman poet and writer of elegies (c. 55 BC - 19 BC)
A Roman elegist whose love poems survived two millennia while almost everything else about him—his first name, his birthplace, even whether all the verses credited to him are actually his—vanished.
Albius Tibullus was born around 55 BC, likely into equestrian rank, and inherited a substantial estate. In 41 BC, the confiscations ordered by Mark Antony and Octavian stripped away most of his land, a fate he shared with Virgil and Propertius. He turned to writing elegies, producing two books of poetry that secured his place among the Latin poets. He died around 19 BC. Later writers left only scattered references to him, and a brief biography of dubious reliability surfaced, but it couldn't recover his praenomen or birthplace. Even his family name has been questioned, leaving his work far mor…
Sourced, dated quotes from Tibullus
I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude. Dare to act!
Esteem all things that are good.
Fear not to swear; the winds carry the perjuries of lovers without effect over land and sea, thanks to Jupiter.
Happy thou that learnest from another’s griefs, not to subject thyself to the same.
Hope ever urges on, and tells us to-morrow will be better.
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