![]() He enjoyed enormous popularity, but, in one of the mysteries of literary history, was sent by Augustus into exile in a remote province on the Black Sea, where he remained until his death. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The author : Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. The third book, written two years after the first books were published, gives women advice on how to win and keep the love of a man ("I have just armed the Greeks against the Amazons now, Penthesilea, it remains for me to arm thee against the Greeks."). It was written in 2 CE. Book one of Ars amatoria was written to show a man how to find a woman. The book : Attractive english edition of The Ars amatoria (English: The Art of Love) - an instructional elegy series in three books by the ancient Roman poet Ovid. Illustrations: Complete with the six elegant engravings. ![]() First thus.īinding : Very good, near fine full leather binding (hinges fine) under a removable protective mylar cover.Ĭontent : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, foxing mainly to the engravings). ![]() The Remedy of Love, The Art of Beauty, and Amours. ![]()
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