Was attempting to promote a more austere morality. One of the reasons that Ovid was banished by the Emperor Augustus, who It is believed that this work, which celebrates extramarital sex, was Which was probably written at a later date, is addressed to women. The first two books are written from a male point of view the last book, Includes many tips and tricks which would not be out of place in a modernĭating manual, while giving intimate vignettes of daily life in Ancient Rome. It is unclear as to whether this is fictional or autobiographical,īut it is obviously based on the experiences of a sophisticated lover. Of an affair with a married woman named Corinna. In the Amores, published about 18 BCE, Ovid portrays the evolution With sensual art deco illustrations by Jean de Bosschere. This version was published in 1930 in a 'limited' edition The fragmentary Medicamina Faciei Feminae ( Women's Facial Cosmetics). This is Julian May's translation of Ovid's 'erotic' works:
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