Abstract
Propertius' fourth book of elegies comprises a puzzling mixture of aetiological elegies on Roman topics, looking forward to Ovid's Fasti , with others seemingly in line with his own previous love poetry. The symbiosis of aetiological and erotic elegy in Propertius' fourth book is reflected both in the integration of erotic elements into the aetiological poems and by the introduction of 'Roman' motifs into the amatory elegies. Propertius' poem falls into three parts: 1-38, 39-54 and 55-66. The rest of the poem is divided into two parts of about equal length (51-70 and 71-88): Cynthia, beautiful in her fury (51f.), aggressively disrupts the peace of the night in a loud and grotesque scene (53-58), alarming the whole neighborhood (59f.), and throws the girls out of the house so that they have to take refuge in a nearby tavern (61f.). Keywords: aetiological elegies; Cynthia; erotic elegy; Ovid; Propertius' fourth book
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