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Ars Amatoria; Or, The Art Of Love

By Ovid

2020-02-14 19:39:02

The Ars amatoria (English: The Art of Love) is an instructional elegy series in three books by the ancient Roman poet Ovid. It was written in 2 CE. Book one of Ars amatoria was written to show a man how to find a woman. In book two, Ovid shows how t ... Read more
The Ars amatoria (English: The Art of Love) is an instructional elegy series in three books by the ancient Roman poet Ovid. It was written in 2 CE. Book one of Ars amatoria was written to show a man how to find a woman. In book two, Ovid shows how to keep her. The third book, written two years after the first books were published, gives women advice on how to win and keep the love of a man ("I have just armed the Greeks against the Amazons; now, Penthesilea, it remains for me to arm thee against the Greeks...").. Less

Book Details

File size134.994 KB
Print pages82
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2012-09-10
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1976345388
Author
Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and ...

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