The Erotic Poems (Penguin Classics) |  | Author: Ovid
Creator: Peter Green
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
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Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0140443606
EAN: 9780140443608
ASIN: 0140443606
Publication Date: February 24, 1983
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Product Description
This collection of Ovid's poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the "Amores", Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress. The intimate and vulnerable nature of the poet revealed in these early poems vanishes in the notorious Art of Love, in which he provides a knowing and witty guide to sexual conquest - a work whose alleged obscenity led to Ovid's banishment from Rome in AD 8. This volume also includes the "Cures for Love", with instructions on how to terminate a love affair, and "On Facial Treatment for Ladies", an incomplete poem on the art of cosmetics.
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