Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love / Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes

Ovid

• Poetry
• Book language: English
• 135 pages

Ovid's Ars Amatoria is a didactic poem in elegiac couplets that gives witty advice on courtship and love in ancient Rome. Henry T. Riley's 1885 prose translation with copious notes opens the work to English readers. It is worth hearing for its playful tone and its picture of Roman social customs.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.