Ovid: Ars Amatoria / P. Ovidii Nasonis

Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) is a poem in three books by Ovid. The first two books consist of instructions to men on the wooing of women of easy virtue; the third, of instructions to woman on seduction of men. The work is full of humor and charm, and contains interesting glimpses of Roman life and manners - the circus, the theatre, the banquet. It was perhaps partly on account of its immorality that Augustus banished the poet to Tomi by the Black Sea.

Abridged edition with marginal notes in Latin. This text can be used in conjunction with Lingua Latina Part II: Roma Aeterna or any 3rd year Latin course that studies Ovid.

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