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Some scholars attribute iii.

8-12-iv.

2-6 to Tibullus himself ; but the style is different, and it is best to answer the question, as Biihrens does, with a non liquet.

The direct ascription of iii.

19-iv.

13 ( verse 13, " nunc licet e caelo mittatur amica Tibullo "-" Now grant that a lover be sent from heaven to Tibullus ") to Tibullus probably led to its inclusion in the collection and later on to the addition of the third book to the two genuine ones.

For the evidence against the ascription, see Postgate, Selections, app.

C.