In his youth, Ovid had attempted but later abandoned a poem on the battle of the Giants against Jupiter 'designed to glorify Augustus under the guise of Jupiter' (Owen Tristia II p.
He planted himself inside by a window, called for a tankard and a pipe, and divided his attention between the Tristia and his father's door across the lane.
It was late in the afternoon before he yielded to his growing disgust with the whinings of the Tristia and sought relief in the open air.
The tristia signa, spoken of by Ovid, were sufficiently mournful.
But he put away his desires for the unattainable, and with the publication of Tristia ex Ponto in 1835, took, as it were, formal leave of the past and its sorrow.
Grillparzer was at this time depressed enough on his own account, as his poems Tristia ex Ponto bear witness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tristia" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
