Title | : | Ars Amatoria ("The Art of Love") (in three Books) |
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Author | : | Ovid |
Release | : | 2010-01-01 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature |
Size | : | 252392 |
The Ars amatoria (Latin: 'Art of Love') is
a poem in three books by the Roman poet Ovid. It claims to provide teaching in
three areas of general preoccupation: how and where to find girls (and husbands)
in Rome, how to seduce them, and how to prevent others from stealing them. Remedia Amoris (Love's Remedy or The Cure for Love) is a 814 line poem in Latin by the Roman poet Ovid. In this poem, Ovid offers advices and strategies to avoid being hurt by love feelings , or to fall out of love, with a stoician overtone. Medicamina Faciei Feminae ("Women's Facial Cosmetics"), also known as The Art of Beauty, 100 lines surviving. Published ca. 5 BC. — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Table of Contents Ovid's Art of Love Book I Book II Book III Ovid's Remedy of Love Ovid's Art of Beauty The Court of Love, a Tale from Chaucer History of Love, by Charles Hopkins Admiration Perseus and Andromeda Desire Pygmalion Hippomenes and Atalanta Jealousy Cephalus and Procris Despair Orpheus and Eurydice The Parting The Parting of Achilles and Deidamia Absence Leander's Epistle to Hero Narcissus and Echo Salmacis and Hermaphroditus |