Ovid, Amores (Book 1)

From Catullus to Horace, the tradition of Latin erotic poetry produced works of literature which are still read throughout the world. Ovid's Amores, written in the first century BC, is arguably the best-known and most popular collection in this tradition. Born in 43 BC, Ovid was educated in Rom...

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Main Author: Turpin, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Open Book Publishers [2016]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: The Life of Ovid
  • Chapter 2: The Amores
  • Chapter 3: The Manuscript Tradition of Ovid's Amores by Bart Huelsenbeck, with the assistance of Dan Plekhov
  • Chapter 4: Select Bibliography
  • Chapter 5: Scansion
  • Chapter 6: Epigram: preface from the author
  • Chapter 7: Amores 1.1: Ovid finds his muse
  • Chapter 8: Amores 1.2: Conquered by Cupid
  • Chapter 9: Amores 1.3: Just give me a chance
  • Chapter 10: Amores 1.4: Secret signs
  • Chapter 11: Amores 1.5: The siesta
  • Chapter 12: Amores 1.6: On the doorstep
  • Chapter 13: Amores 1.7: Violence and love
  • Chapter 14: Amores 1.8: The bad influence
  • Chapter 15: Amores 1.9: Love and war
  • Chapter 16: Amores 1.10: Love for sale
  • Chapter 17: Amores 1.11: Sending a message
  • Chapter 18: Amores 1.12: Shooting messengers
  • Chapter 19: Amores 1.13: Oh how I hate to get up in the morning
  • Chapter 20: Amores 1.14: Bad hair
  • Chapter 21: Amores 1.15: Poetic immortality
  • Full vocabulary for Ovid's Amores, Book 1