Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love by Ovid
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"Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love" by Ovid is an instructional elegy written in 2 AD. This three-book guide offers Romans practical advice on romance: men learn where to find women and how to keep them, while women discover strategies for winning and maintaining love. Written in elegant couplets and filled with mythology and everyday observations, Ovid's playful manual became so influential that medieval scholars dubbed the entire era the "Ovidian
epoch," treating his tongue-in-cheek instructions as serious academic philosophy for centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ovid, 44 BCE-18? |
|---|---|
| Translator | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878 |
| Title |
Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Amatoria |
| Credits |
Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Latin poetry -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Latin poetry -- Adaptations |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 47677 |
| Release Date | Dec 16, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 6911 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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