The Art of Love and Other Poems: Cosmetics. Remedies for Love. Ibis. Walnut Tree. Sea Fishing. Consolation [Latin]

by Ovid

Book Overview

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...

• 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"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating Insights

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.