Ovid: Amores I Contributor(s): Ovid (Author), Barsby, John |
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ISBN: 0906515459 ISBN-13: 9780906515457 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1991 Annotation: -- Introduction with chapters on Ovid's life and suggestions on reading the Ars Amatoria -- Original Latin texts (based on the 1916 Teubner edition by R. Ehwald with changes in readings, spellings, and punctuation) -- Line-by-line notes -- English summaries for each major section -- Fold-out in back with basic vocabulary |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
Dewey: 871.01 |
Series: Bcp Latin Texts |
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.87" W x 8.29" (0.68 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This edition of the first book of Ovid's Amores was first published in 1973 by OUP. It has been kept in print by BCP because it remains an outstandlingly useful volume. It was one of two editions (the other being Gordon Williams' Horace 'Odes' III, 1969) in which OUP pioneered a new kind of continuous running commentary particularly suited to short poems, one 'likely to be more illuminating than a series of disconnected notes on isolated problems, which may contribute little to the total understanding of the poem as the poet conceived it'. This approach was intended to promote in sixth-formers and undergraduates not just an understanding of the Latin but a critical appreciation of literary quality. In this aim, the edition has been a continued success. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ovid: - Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC- AD 17, was a Roman poet, born at Sulmo (Sulmona) in central Italy. Born into a wealthy Roman family and seemingly destined for a career in politics, he held some minor official posts before leaving public service to write, becoming one of the most distinguished poet of his time. His works include Amores, a collection of short love poems; Heroides, verse-letters written by mythological heroines to their lovers; Ars Amatoria, a satirical handbook on love; and Metamorphoses, his epic work on change. |