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The Art of Love and Other Poems: Cosmetics. Remedies for Love. Ibis. Walnut Tree. Sea Fishing. Consolation [Latin]
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Seductive verse.
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC-AD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by his Ars amatoria, and was banished because of this work and some other reason unknown to us, and dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea. He continued writing poetry, a kindly man, leading a temperate life. He died in exile. Ovid's main surviving works are the Metamorphoses, a source of inspiration to artists and poets including Chaucer and Shakespeare; the Fasti, a poetic treatment of the Roman year of which Ovid finished only half; the Amores, love poems; the Ars amatoria, not moral but clever and in parts beautiful; Heroides, fictitious love letters by legendary women to absent husbands; and the dismal works written in exile: the Tristia, appeals to persons including his wife and also the emperor; and similar Epistulae ex Ponto. Poetry came naturally to Ovid, who at his best is lively, graphic and lucid. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Ovid is in six volumes.Format:Hardcover
Language:Latin
ISBN:0674992555
ISBN13:9780674992559
Release Date:January 1929
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 4.5" x 6.6"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I read this book as a part of a review of Roman Literature. I have to say, of almost all I have, Ovid's "The Art Of Love" gives the most insight into life in ancient Rome. It is also extremely funny, with jokes that still make you laugh after all these years. Of course the advice given is hardly usable today, but it is so well written, it deserves to be read by anyone interested in the art of love.
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