I. Introduction

1. The Nature of Tibullan elegantia

2. Wit, an Integral Part of elegantia, urbanitas and Roman Elegy

3. Callimachus and Roman Elegiac Humour

4. Elegiac Humour in the Augustan Age

II. Humour on Augustan Themes

1. National and Religious Humour: 2.5, 2.3

2. Pastoral Humour: 2.1

III. Humour on Subjective Erotic Themes

1. The persona of Tibullus the Lover: 1.1

2. Tibullus and Comedy

3. The Tibullan paraclausithyron: 1.2

4. Tibullus and erotodidaxis: 1.4

5. Monde-renversé for Comic Effect: 1.6

1. Commentaries

2. Bibliographical Survey

3. General and Stylistic Appraisals

4. Literature Relevant to Wit and Humour in Tibullus

5. Individual Motifs in Roman Elegy

6. Hymns, Hymnic Parody and Related Literature