by Ovidio · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467226539
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This book brings together two of the most outstanding works of the Roman poet Ovid: 'Amores' and 'The Art of Love'. In 'Amores', Ovid explores the complexities and contradictions of love, from passion and desire to disappointment and disillusionment. 'The Art of Love', on the other hand, offers an ingenious and provocative guide on how to conquer and maintain love, addressing topics such as seduction, courtship and love relationships. This edition, published by Círculo de Lectores in the Biblioteca Clásica Gredos collection, features a careful translation and explanatory notes to facilitate the understanding of these classics of Latin literature.
Publius Ovidius Naso, known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. Although Ovid enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime, the emperor Augustus exiled him to Tomis, the capital of the newly organised province of Moesia, on the Black Sea, where he remained for the last nine or ten years of his life. Ovid himself attributed his banishment to a carmen et error, but his reluctance to disclose specifics has resulted in much speculation among scholars.
