by Ovidio · RBA Libros · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788424940645
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Discover the wit and wisdom of Ovid in 'The Art of Love', a classic work of Latin literature. This didactic poem explores love and seduction with an irreverent and provocative approach. Ovid, disguised as a master of love, offers advice on how to conquer and keep the loved one, all seasoned with elements of Roman daily life and mythological stories. A playful and festive reading that continues to delight today's readers.
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.
