Identify and compare the main arguments of Hallett and Wyke.
How do your readings of the poems compare to those of Hallett or Wyke?
Men in the Roman Empire lost power under the one-man rule of Augustus. How is loss of power expressed in elegy?
What are the Roman elements in elegy and how are they used?
How does elegy respond to Augustan moral legislation and the new significance of women's sexuality?
Is elegy more interested in the subjectivity of the female beloved or of the male lover/poet?