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<div id="maintext">Elegia quoque Graecos prouocamus, cuius mihi tersus atque elegans maxime uidetur auctor Tibullus. Sunt qui Propertium malint. Ouidius utroque lasciuior, sicut durior Gallus.
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In elegy too we challenge the Greeks. Here I think the most polished and elegant writer is Tibullus. Some prefer Propertius. Ovid is more extravagant than either, just as Gallus is more harsh.
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