Ovid, Amores (book 1)
by William Turpin /
2016 / English / PDF
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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 Rome in preparation for a career in
public services before finding his calling as a poet. He may have
begun writing his Amores as early as 25 BC. Although influenced by
poets such as Catullus, Ovid demonstrates a much greater awareness
of the funny side of love than any of his predecessors. The Amores
is a collection of romantic poems centered on the poet's own
complicated love life: he is involved with a woman, Corinna, who is
sometimes unobtainable, sometimes compliant, and often difficult
and domineering. Whether as a literary trope, or perhaps merely as
a human response to the problems of love in the real world, the
principal focus of these poems is the poet himself, and his
failures, foolishness, and delusions. By the time he was in his
forties, Ovid was Rome's most important living poet; his
Metamorphoses, a kaleidoscopic epic poem about love and hatred
among the gods and mortals, is one of the most admired and
influential books of all time. In AD 8, Ovid was exiled by Augustus
to Romania, for reasons that remain obscure. He died there in AD
17. The Amores were originally published in five books, but
reissued around 1 AD in their current three-book form. This edition
of the first book of the collection contains the complete Latin
text of Book 1, along with commentary, notes and full vocabulary.
Both entertaining and thought-provoking, this book will provide an
invaluable aid to students of Latin and general readers alike. This
book contain embedded audio files of the original text read aloud
by Aleksandra Szypowska.
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 Rome in preparation for a career in
public services before finding his calling as a poet. He may have
begun writing his Amores as early as 25 BC. Although influenced by
poets such as Catullus, Ovid demonstrates a much greater awareness
of the funny side of love than any of his predecessors. The Amores
is a collection of romantic poems centered on the poet's own
complicated love life: he is involved with a woman, Corinna, who is
sometimes unobtainable, sometimes compliant, and often difficult
and domineering. Whether as a literary trope, or perhaps merely as
a human response to the problems of love in the real world, the
principal focus of these poems is the poet himself, and his
failures, foolishness, and delusions. By the time he was in his
forties, Ovid was Rome's most important living poet; his
Metamorphoses, a kaleidoscopic epic poem about love and hatred
among the gods and mortals, is one of the most admired and
influential books of all time. In AD 8, Ovid was exiled by Augustus
to Romania, for reasons that remain obscure. He died there in AD
17. The Amores were originally published in five books, but
reissued around 1 AD in their current three-book form. This edition
of the first book of the collection contains the complete Latin
text of Book 1, along with commentary, notes and full vocabulary.
Both entertaining and thought-provoking, this book will provide an
invaluable aid to students of Latin and general readers alike. This
book contain embedded audio files of the original text read aloud
by Aleksandra Szypowska.