| Ars Amatoria ("the Art of Love"): Illustrated Edition Contributor(s): May, James Lewis (Translator), Gardner, D. (Editor), Naso (Ovid), Publius Ovidius (Author) |
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ISBN: 1519592272 ISBN-13: 9781519592279 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 7.99" W x 10" (0.31 lbs) 62 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Ars Amatoria is a Lehrgedicht, a didactic elegiac poem in three books, in which Ovid teaches the arts of love. Book I addresses men and teaches them how to seduce women. Book II, also geared toward men, teaches how to keep a lover. Book III addresses women and teaches seduction techniques. The first book opens with an invocation to Venus, in which Ovid establishes himself as a praeceptor amoris |