Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Remedia Amoris, Ars Amatoria, Cinyras
5 May 2016
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Publius ovid s naso 43 bc - 17 ad. Born one year after julius caesar"s murder; only 11 when battle of actium won 31bc. Born a generation later and he is in a rebellion against the generation of virgil. Ovid had a mindless talent for poetry. His major works are generally about love (eros) mainly sex. Ovid is witty, chatty, subversive, has fun makes fun of things/never serious. The rst pick-up book how to pick people up/pick-up line you can use. How to seduce someone/how to get someone to want you. Perceived as amusing and half serious: remedia amoris (remedies of love) How to get out of love what to do when you"ve been dumped. This is how you get yourself out of love/talk yourself out of love. Think about the negatives of the other person: metamorphoses (the changes) 8 ad exiled to tomi on black sea (modern-day rumania)
