Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,591,732,524 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Ars Amatoria

   Also found in: Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
Ars Amatoria
Ovid’s treatise on lovemaking. [Rom. Lit.: Magill IV, 45]
See : Eroticism
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
He falls for the librarian's daughter, attempts to seduce her with the help of Ovid's Ars Amatoria and can't help feeling he would have more chance if he had dollars in his pockets rather than coins redeemable at the company store.
In search of a fool and his money by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Alluding to Ovid's banishment from Rome to the distant shores of the Black Sea for offending the emperor Augustus in his Ars Amatoria, Lowell mentions "black" three times.
Robert Lowell's "Beyond the Alps" by Meyers, Jeffrey / Notes on Contemporary Literature
He is the author, after all, of famously lascivious love manuals and erotic poetry, teaching in his Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) how to pick up girls outside the Forum and generally mocking the pretensions of early imperial Rome, which caused Augustus to exile him in late middle-age.
Love and error by Russello, Gerald J. / New Criterion
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.