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Ovid s Amores are three books of elegies ostensibly about the poet s love affair with his mistress Corinna. Title Heroides. Amores by Ovid, G.P. Goold, Grant Showerman. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society.

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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674990455

ISBN-139780674990456

eBay Product ID (ePID)759750

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Edition2

Book TitleHeroides. Amores

Number of Pages544 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical

Publication Year1914

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Philosophy, Poetry, Fiction

AuthorOvid

Book SeriesLoeb Classical Library

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight13.2 Oz

Item Length0.7 in

Item Width0.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN88-211774

Series Volume Number41

Volume Number1

SynopsisOvid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BCE-17 CE), 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., In Heroides , Ovid (43 BC-AD 17) allows legendary women to narrate their memories and express their emotions in verse letters to absent husbands and lovers. Ovid's Amores are three books of elegies ostensibly about the poet's love affair with his mistress Corinna., Two early works by the consummate Latin love poet. 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.

LC Classification NumberPA6522.A1 1977